Technically what he did could work, because 2 * 5 can be changed to 5 + 5 which you can get to by counting 5's.
The answer is for the problem is 6.70
Answer:
-x^4y + x
Step-by-step explanation:
-2x^7y^2 + 2x^4y + 2x^3y
You can take out 2x^3y because there is enough of that in each part of the equation. Then you just divide the whole numbers and subtract the exponents.
-x^4y + x
Laurie must make 4.5 batches for the school bake sale, and 2 batches for her family. Therefore, in total, Laurie must make 4.5 + 2 = 6.5 batches of cookies.
Since each batch of cookies requires 0.25 pounds of butter, we can multiply that amount by the number of batches baked: 0.25 * 6.5 = 1.625 pounds of butter.
So Laurie uses 1.625 pounds of butter to make all the cookies.
