"The product" means you're multiplying the two numbers.
"a number" refers to a variable.
"increased" means you're adding.
2x + 7 = -36
$40.50 10 boxes at 6lbs = 60lbs
36 boxes at 12 ounces = 432 ounces dived by 16(16 oz in a lbs)= 27 lbs
60 lbs plus 27 lbs = 87 lbs total weight
87lbs - 20lbs($12)= 67lbs - 30 lbs($10)= 37lbs x .50($.50 per pound)= $18.50
$12+$10+$18.50= $40.50
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Ans: (x/(3/4)) mph = (4x/3)mph = (4/3)x mph
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this is an isosceles triangle... meaning that the two base angles will be equal.
180 - 38 = 142
142 / 2 = 71
x = 71