Answer:
-9+x=-20
Step-by-step explanation:
I am not so positive on this one, but if you are not doing inequalities, then this should be correct.
"More than" would insinuate that you are adding. In this class, you would have a number to replace that x, but since no number was given, you place the x in its place. x=-11, because when you "add" -9 with something to get -20, it would have to be -11. Negative numbers can be confusing because when you subtract a negative number by another negative, you end up with a negative. Like in this case. Normally, you would just put -11, so it would look like -9 - 11 = -20. But since this says "more than", unless you are doing inequalities, you add.
If you are doing inequalities, then your answer should be this:
-9 > x = -20
I hope this helps!
-No one
Answer:
It would decrease, but not necessarily by 8%
Answer:
50 boys
Step-by-step explanation:
2/4 = 1/2
25*2=50
This is solved by setting up two equations and then using one to answer the other.
The first step (use what is given to set up the two separate equations)
We are looking for two numbers, let us call them X and Y.
We are told that X + Y = 59
We are also told that (9 more than) 9+ (4times the smaller number) 4Y is the bigger number X
Then we combine that into 9+4Y=X
so we now have two separate equations and we can use one to solve the other. Everywhere we have X in the first equation, we will fill in with the second equation
(9+4Y) +Y = 59 [then combine like terms]
9+5Y=59 [subtract 9 from both sides]
5Y=50 [divide both sides by 5 to isolate the Y]
Y=10 [now plug this into either equation to solve for X]
9+4(10)=X
9+40=X
<u><em>49=X and 10=Y</em></u>
