Hello Kiddo.
This question is a bit confusing to me, but I think I grasped the concept.
1. x best represents Sarah's mom's age.
2. x - 24 best represents Sarah's mom's age minus how much younger Sarah is than her mom.
3. The expression would look a little like this:
2x-24 = 68
+ 24 +24
2x = 92
/2 /2
x = 46.
Which means, Sarah is 22 and her mom is 46 years of age.
If you need more clarification, I'd be more than happy to elaborate further.
![\bf n^{th}\textit{ term of an arithmetic sequence} \\\\ a_n=a_1+(n-1)d\qquad \begin{cases} n=n^{th}\ term\\ a_1=\textit{first term's value}\\ d=\textit{common difference} \end{cases} \\\\[-0.35em] \rule{34em}{0.25pt}\\\\ a_n=2-5(n-1)\implies a_n=\stackrel{\stackrel{a_1}{\downarrow }}{2}+(n-1)(\stackrel{\stackrel{d}{\downarrow }}{-5})](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbf%20n%5E%7Bth%7D%5Ctextit%7B%20term%20of%20an%20arithmetic%20sequence%7D%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%20a_n%3Da_1%2B%28n-1%29d%5Cqquad%20%5Cbegin%7Bcases%7D%20n%3Dn%5E%7Bth%7D%5C%20term%5C%5C%20a_1%3D%5Ctextit%7Bfirst%20term%27s%20value%7D%5C%5C%20d%3D%5Ctextit%7Bcommon%20difference%7D%20%5Cend%7Bcases%7D%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5B-0.35em%5D%20%5Crule%7B34em%7D%7B0.25pt%7D%5C%5C%5C%5C%20a_n%3D2-5%28n-1%29%5Cimplies%20a_n%3D%5Cstackrel%7B%5Cstackrel%7Ba_1%7D%7B%5Cdownarrow%20%7D%7D%7B2%7D%2B%28n-1%29%28%5Cstackrel%7B%5Cstackrel%7Bd%7D%7B%5Cdownarrow%20%7D%7D%7B-5%7D%29)
so, we know the first term is 2, whilst the common difference is -5, therefore, that means, to get the next term, we subtract 5, or we "add -5" to the current term.
just a quick note on notation:
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2)The goal is to isolate the variable and get is down to x<?. This is actually a two step inequality problem. 0.7x - 2 < 5.5 +2 +2 0.7x<7.5 This implies: x<10.714 The way to graph this is to place an open circle of the number 10.714 on the number line indicating this number is not included as a solution to the inequality. Then draw the arrow going left from the open circle indicating all numbers from -∞ to 10.714.
Answer:
1
Step-by-step explanation:
9 - 3/(1/3) + 1 = 1
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