Answer:
The equation
c x 2 > k
l x 3 ?> c > k
g = 30 = c + l + k
this equation is the same as...
Cecile read twice as many books as Kami.
Laura read 3 times as many books as Kami, but possibly less than Cecile.
Gigi read 30 books. 30 books is the same as all 3 girls combined.
To find out how many books each girl read, you need to find 3 unequal numbers that add up to 30. These numbers are substituted, only because they can be anything at all, and I want to prevent confusions.
hope this helps!
I will show you how to do first one but it is simple addition and subtraction.
7y + 5 + (3 - y)
We just combine like terms
7y - y + 5 + 3
6y + 8
I will do the second one for subtraction
5 + 5q - (3q - 9)
since the subtracroon sign is outsiDr patenthesis you have to apply it to both terms
5 + 5q - 3q + 9
since it was -9 it became --9 which is +9
so:
5q - 3q + 5 + 9
2q + 14
