Two negatives <em>do not </em>equal a positive when adding. If you're in debt and you add more debt, does that get you out of debt?
Two negatives <em>do </em>equal a positive when you're multiplying them together though. This makes sense if you imagine multiplication as squishing or stretching a particular number on the number line. For example, imagine multiplying 2 x 1/2 as <em>squishing </em>the number 2 two times closer to 0. When you multiply 2 by a negative number, say, -1, you squish it so far down that you <em>flip it to the negative side of the number line</em>, bringing it to -2. You can imagine a similar thing happening if you multiply a number like -4 by -2. You squish -4 down to zero, and then <em>flip it to the positive side</em> and stretch it by a factor of 2, bringing it to 8.
Answer:
X=9
Step-by-step explanation:
3x-15=12
Add 15 to both sides which makes it
3x=27
Divide by 3, which gives you 9
Answer:
x = 11.75
y = 11.5
Step-by-step explanation:
By Elimination Method:
7x - 3y = 48 ---- (1)
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<u> 2x + y = 35 ----</u>- (2)
Multiply equation (1) by 2 and equation (2) by 7
14x - 6y = 96
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<u> 14x + 7y = 245 </u>
<u> 0 -13y = -149</u>
-13y = -149
y = -149/-13
y = 11.5
From equation (2); replace y with 12
2x + y = 35
2x + 11.5 = 35
2x = 35 - 11.5
2x = 23.5
x = 11.75
Answer:
<em>$738</em>
Step-by-step explanation:
Uber X costs $40
Max orders 9
$40.00·9=$360.00
Uber XL costs $63
Max orders 6
$63.00·6=$378
$360.00+$378.00=<em>$738</em>
<u>Hope this is helpful :-)</u>
