Answer:
The number is -100, Jill can think of something else, now.
Step-by-step explanation:
x = the number
x/4 - 20 = -45 {twenty less than one-fourth of the number is -45}
x/4 = -25 {added 20 to each side}
x = -100 {multiplied each side by 4}
Isolate x
So xy - 2 = k
Then
xy = k + 2
x = (k+2)/y
Answer:
A commercial fisherman is
EQUALLY LIKLEY
to need health insurance than a supermarket employee.
A person who smokes is
MORE LIKLEY
to need health insurance than a nonsmoker.
An 18-year-old male college student is
LESS LIKLEY
to need health insurance than a 72-year-old retired female.
-3x^2+5x+12x-20
Combine like terms
-3x^2+17x-20
That is your answer