16. 9
Since each side are congruent, you set the two sides to each other
7x-12=3x
Subtract 7x from both sides
-12=-4x
Divide -4 from both sides
3=x
3+3+3=9
18. 28
2x-3=3x-10
Add 10 on both sides
2x+7=3x
Subtract 2x on both sides
7=x
7+7+7+7=28
1) you would need to turn both fractions so they have a common denominator, that would be 2 2/4 and 3/4
2) then subtract : 2 2/4 - 3/4, and you would subtract numerators and the whole number, but you keep the denominator the same. However, you cannot subtract 2 and 3 in this case, so you need to change 2 2/4 to 1 5/4 (they are still equivalent)
3) 1 5/4 - 3/4 = 1 2/4, which simplified version is 1 1/2
Therefore, the answer is 1 and 1/2
Answer:
20
Step-by-step explanation:
add 1 to both sides
3/4x=15
multiply both by 4
3x=60
divide by 3
x=20
3 are left.
3/7 means there were 7 slices, but it's missing 4 slices. (Eaten)
i hope this helps :)