Answer:
x+7
Step-by-step explanation:
Remove Parentheses
Collect like terms
Calculate
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
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
Rationalize the denominator first (keep in mind we are NOT solving this because there is no equals sign here. We are merely simplifying.)

Now simplify by taking the square root of 100 to get:

Divide numerator and denomiator by 10 to get:

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Step-by-step explanation:</h3>
If the trapezoid is isosceles, angles A and C are supplementary, so ...
... (4x+4) +(7x+11) = 180
... 11x +15 = 180 . . . . . . collect terms
... 11x = 165 . . . . . . . . . subtract 15
... x = 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . divide by the coefficient of x
And angles C and E are congruent.
... 4·15 +4 = 21y +1
... 63 = 21y . . . . . subtract 1
... 3 = y . . . . . . . . divide by the coefficient of y