Answer:
Quantity of soap left after Juan washes 8 regular loads and 5 heavy loads of laundry 
pounds.
Step-by-step explanation:
Number of scoop of soap used to wash a regular load of laundry = One 0.15 pound scoop
Number of scoops of soap used to wash heavy work clothes = Two 0.15 pound scoops
As Juan washes 8 regular loads and 5 heavy loads of laundry,
Total quantity of soap used = 
pounds
As a box of laundry soap weighed 15.6 pounds,
quantity of soap left after Juan washes 8 regular loads and 5 heavy loads of laundry 
pounds.
We start with
and wish to write it as
First, pull 2 out from the first two terms:
Let’s look at what is in parenthesis. In the final form this needs to be a perfect square. Right now we have
and we can obtain -10x by adding -5x and -5x. That is, we can build the following perfect square:
The “problem” with what we just did is that we added to what was given. Let’s put the expression together. We have
and when we multiply that out it does not give us what we started with. It gives us
So you see our expression is not right. It should have a -53 but instead has a -3. So to correct it we need to subtract another 50.
We do this as follows:
which gives us the final expression we seek:
If you multiply this out you will get the exact expression we were given. This means that:
a = 2
d = -5
e = -103
We are asked for the sum of a, d and e which is 2 + (-5) + (-103) = -106
8/11 cant be an improper fraction because the numerator is smaller than the denominator
Answer:
a+3
Step-by-step explanation:
You cannot go any further in answering this question. These two terms are not like terms so they cannot be combined. Therefore, the answer is just a+3 itself.
