Tried my best here, but sorry if they are wrong
2. 15r - 7j
3. 4b - 2n
4. 12g - 4g = 8g
5. 8c - 5
6. 2(2b + 6j)
7. 3(2s - 5f)
8. 10c + s + 2p
9. 2a <3p
10. 5(a+b)
11. 1/2r + 3/4g
12. 10(b * f)
Answer:it would take him five weeks to lose ten pounds
Step-by-step explanation:
He earns $285 plus a commission of $337.04. So his total take home pay is $622,04.
Combining the operations
The allowed operations are:
Add the same amount to both sides (either x's or ones)
Subtract the same amount from both sides (either x's or ones)
Multiply both sides by the same number (but not by zero)
Divide both sides by the same number (but not by zero)
(There are others, too, but they are not needed in simple equations.)
The goal is to FIRST add and subtract until we have ONLY x's (blocks) on one side and ONLY ones (circles) on the other. Then, if you have more than one block, you need to divide so as to arrive to the situation with only one block on the one side, which is the solved equation!
You can only cut down a integer number of trees. So you might look at a few integer values for x. As x get large the –x4 term dominates the expression for big losses. x = 0 is easy P(x) = -6. Without cutting any trees you have lost money Put x = 1 and you get for the terms in order -1 + 1 + 7 -1 -6 = 0. So P(x) crosses zero just before you cut the first tree. So you make a profit on only 1 tree. However when x=10 you are back into no profit. So compute a few values for x = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.
