Answer:
A debt means subtracting from the original value so a debt of $300 can be expressed as -300.
4p-13p-p=-150
-9p-p=-150
-10p=-150
<u>p=15
Order of operations. Doing so turns it into a simple division equation.</u>
If 1/5 of the cards are hockey cards, there are 2 hockey cards. if he wants to double that amount, he would multiply it by 2, so 2•2=4. The fraction of hockey cards is now is 2/5.
I got 6 for my answer, but I'm not 100% sure if I'm right.
6(2x-11)+15=21
12x-66+15=21
12x-51=21
+51 +51
12x=72
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12 12
x=6
