Answer: -6
Step by step:
2x + 3(8) = 12
2x + 24 = 12
2x = -12
x = -6
The answers are 1/5,2/5,3/5,and 4/5
Let:
Vbu= Volume of the buret
Vbk= Volume of the beaker
A buret initially contains 70.00 millimeters of a solution and a beaker initially contains 20.00 ml of the solution the buret drips solution into the Beaker. each drip contains 0.05 mL of solution, therefore:
x = Number of drips
a = volume of each drip

after how many drips will the volume of the solution in the buret and beaker be equal ? Vbu = Vbk:
<span>3x^2y^2 − 2xy^2 − 8y^2 =
y^2 (3x^2 - 2x - 8) =
factoring with leading coefficient:
for ax2+bx+c find two numbers n,m, that m*n = a*c and m+n = b
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3x^2 - 2x - 8
a=3, b=-2, c=-8
</span>a*c = 3*(-8) = -24
-24=(-6)*4 and -6+4=-2, so m=-6 and n=4
replace bx with mx + nx and factor by grouping
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3x^2 - 2x - 8 = </span>3x^2 -6x + 4x -8 = 3x(x-2) + 4(x-2) = (3x+4)(x-2)
answer:
<span>3x^2y^2 − 2xy^2 − 8y^2 = y^2(3x+4)(x-2)</span>