(40 - x) represents A. the number of undamaged cards
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1; Maria has a total of 40 cards out of which x number of cards are damaged so 40 - x cards are undamaged. The value of an undamaged card is 5 dollars whereas every damaged card has a value of 3 dollars.
Step 2; We need to determine what each term in equation 5(40−x)+3x represents. The equation will give us how much total value Maria's card collection has.
The first term 5 (40 - x) signifies the total value of the undamaged cards in the deck where (40 - x) equals the total number of undamaged cards.
The second term represents the total value of the undamaged cards.
So the second factor of the first term i.e (40 - x) represents the amount of undamaged cards in her collection.
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First, I would multiply the last two fractions because they're smaller and easier to work with:

Now that we've simplified it, we could multiply these terms and simplify. An easier method, however, would be to cancel out any common factors among the numerators and denominators before multiplying:

We can now multiply these terms:

The <span>product of 8/15, 6/5, and 1/3 is B, 16/75.</span>