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Since the price of the cantaloupes is unknown, it will have to represented by a variable. Let's use x.
If Jackson starts with $25 and buys 5 cantaloupes of an unknown price, this subtracts 5 times the amount of 1 cantaloupe (which is x) from that $25.
This is shown as 25 - 5x.
After spending that money, he has $2.50 left over.
This means 25 - 5x = 2.50.
Now you just need to solve this by first isolating the variable.
First, subtract 25 from both sides.
25 - 5x - 25 = -5x
2.50 - 25 = -22.5
Then, divide both sides by -5. It's -5 since 5 is the coefficient and it's negative, so -5.
-5x / -5 = x
-22.5 / -5 = 4.5
This means x = 4.5.
And if x is 4.5, then that means the cost of 1 cantaloupe is $4.50.
Answer:
y+3=4(x-5)
Step-by-step explanation:
y-y1=m(x-x1)
y-(-3)=4(x-5)
y+3=4(x-5)
(_/18+2_/3)^(2
=(3_/2^(2 + (2)(2_/3)(3_/2) + 2_/3^(2)
=18+ 12_/6 +12
=30+12_/6
hope this helps
