Multiplying positive numbers always comes out positive, no matter how many there are. So you can forget about the positive ones.
Every two negative numbers in a multiplication produce a positive.
Another way to say that is: If the number of negative ones is EVEN,
the answer is positive, and if it's ODD, the answer is negative.
That monster product of eight numbers in problem #12 will be negative,
because there are an odd amount of negative factors in it.

Example:
5w - five apples
8 - eight strawberries
5w + 8 = (five apples) + (eight strawberries) = 13 of what?
You can add only numbers of the same fruits.
The dog eats 6 cupcakes in 22 days.
<em>(don't know why a dog would be eating cupcakes in the first place, but sometimes math questions don't make the most sense)</em>
Keywords:
<em>equation, operations, equivalent, binomial, square root
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For this case we have an equation in which we must apply operations to rewrite it in an equivalent way. We must start by raising both sides of the equation to the square. Thus, we eliminate the square root of the left side of equality and finally solve the binomial of the right side of equality.
So we have:

By definition:

Thus,
is equivalent to 
Answer:

Option D
Yes it is. Ax+By=C is standard form. :)