Answer:
7/3
Step-by-step explanation:
Ok, here we go:
5 cars total.
1. Rachel - first car in line, yellow, SUV
2. blue car (Rachel is in front of the blue car), convertible, Anton
3. minivan - third car in line, Diego
4. white car, sedan, Ingrid
5. green car, immediately behind white car, Yuna, pickup
We know that Rachel is first, a blue car is second and the minivan is third. We know that 3, 4 cannot be a convertible since one is a minivan and the other is a sedan. We also know that a yellow car is in front of the convertible.
Based off of that we know that car 5 cannot be a convertible since 4 is white and not yellow. So 1 or 2 is the convertible and SUV. But we know that Rachel is in front of a blue car and the yellow car is in front of a convertible so that makes car #2 the blue convertible and car #1 the yellow SUV.
Fill in what you do know and start to eliminate the outliers. Hope that helps.
Multiply x<span> and </span>3
<span>Multiply x and 1</span>
<span>The x just gets copied along.</span>
<span>The answer is x</span>
x
<span>3*x evaluates to 3x</span>
Because of the minus sign
<span>3x becomes - 3x</span>
<span>The answer is -3x</span>
<span>Multiply y and 2</span>
<span>Multiply y and 1</span>
<span>The y just gets copied along.</span>
<span>The answer is y</span>
y
<span>2*y evaluates to 2y</span>
<span>-3*x-2*y evaluates to -3x-2y</span>
<span>The answer is -3x-2y-2</span>
<span>-3*x-2*y-2 evaluates to <span>-3x-2y-2</span></span>
<span><span>so the first one is right</span></span>
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This problem is incomplete, but I think I know the probable question. Normally, you should have been given the target number of the company's video stores, so that you can replace the value of y and solve for x. Once you solve for x, you add this to year 1990 then you can solve for the year at which you can reach your target value. Suppose y = 3500 stores.
3500 = -264x + 4682
3500 - 4682 = -264x
-1182 = -264x
x = 4.48 years
Technically, that is equal to 4 years. Hence, the year would be 1990+4 = 1994.
