draw the lines down all the ways that it is equal on each side
3x-5=1
+5 +5
3x=6
3 3
X= 2
Sadly, you didn't put any sums on your list of choices.
In fact, I can't even find a list of choices !
To find the distance between (7, -1) and (-8, -9),
you would build a sum under a square-root (radical)
symbol, and it would look something like this:
√ ( 225 + 64 ) .
The answer is no solution
I hope this helps you
53=y-127/2
answer is C