25 books in her entire reading list.
Answer: -2a + 16
Step-by-step explanation:
You must do the distributive property. Since "a-8" is in the parenthesis and -2 is outside the parenthesis, you must multiply -2 by (a-8). -2 multiplied by a will equal 2a since you don't know what variable a equals. Next, you multiply -2 and -8 which would equal positive 16. The reason why it is positive is because 2 negative numbers multiplied or divided would equal a positive number. Thus, the answer is -2a + 16.
Answer: there are 200 girls in the school.
Step-by-step explanation:
In a school, there is a ratio of 4 boys to 5 girls. The total ratio would be the sum of the proportion of boys and the proportion of girls. Therefore,
Total ratio = 4 + 5 = 9
If there are a total of 450 students, it means that the number of girls in the school would be
Proportion of girls/ total ratio × total number of students. Therefore,
The number of girls is
5/9 × 450 = 200
