First you have to put all of your common numbers together. 4a and 9a go together. You then subtract those because 9 is negative (-9). Then you get -5a. Now move on to your other numbers. You have 26 and 17. 17 is negative as well (-17), so you subtract it from 26. That gives you 9.
Your new equation is -5a + 9 = 26
Now you subtract 9 from both sides. Your positive (+9) will cancel out with your negative (-9). Then subtract it from 26. 9 minus 26 is 17.
Now your equation is -5a = 17
Since it's negative, you're going to add it (5) to both sides.
Your 5's cancel out, and 17 + 5 is 22.
a = 22
22 is the answer
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Answer:
48
Step-by-step explanation:
the number of shirts are 3, number of pants 4, number of socks pairs 2 and 2 pairs of shoes.
first lets start with shirts and pants, number of unique combinations are,
(for each shirt there are 4 different pant combinations) = 
=12
similiarly for each shirt pant pair there are 2 shoes and 2 socks pairs.
thus, total number of combinations are=
= 48
Answer:
f(x) = ( 1/3) ^ (x)
Step-by-step explanation:
The function is
f(x) = (1/3) ^ (x)
When x = 1 f(x) = 1/3
when x=2 f(x) = 1/9
When x = -1 f(x) = ( 1/3) ^ -1 = 3/1 =3
