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Okay so what you do is<em> eliminate the parenthesis </em>in the equation because it really helps
So you would multiply 8 and b
Also multiple 8 and a
You would get 8b and 8a
Your equation would look like ...
2a + 8b + 8a = ...
<em>Now you add the alike things in the equation </em>
8a and 2a are the alike things.
Now you would have ...
10a + 8b = ?
The answer is 5,852 deer.
The density is 11 deer per 1 square mile. The question is how many deer are per 532 square miles:
11 deer / 1 square mile = x / 532 square miles
x = 532 square miles * 11 deer / 1 square mile
x = 5,852 deer
Therefore, there are 5,852 deer in the county.
