Answer:
A. (y/2) - 5, B. 3
Explanation:
Lets assume that the total number of pencils is y.
Katie gives Maggie half, i.e. = 
Hence Maggie has pencils
If Maggie keeps 5 pencils and give the rest to Jamil, the expression for the number of pencils Maggie gives to Jamil therefore is;
Expression of pencil given to Jamil = (y/2) - 5
B.
To get the number of pencils Maggie gave to Jamil if Katie had 16 pencils, simply substitute y as 16.
(16/2) - 5
No of pencil given to Jamil = 8 - 5
= 3
<span>The actions of Japan finally forced the United States to enter the war.</span>
Manifest Destiny is the belief that the US would one day expand across the whole American continent. So, with that in mind, it effected minorities because they were being pushed out of their lands as the US acquired the new territories.
The rewritten Japanese constitution guaranteed "<span>personal freedoms," since the Allied Powers after World War II felt that a more free people would be less likely to militarize. </span>
