I don't know if this is the answer that you are looking for, but would the answer be all solutions?
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. Get everything on one side of the equals sign, set it equal to 0 and factor. When you do this you get (x-3)(x+27). The Zero Product Property rule tells us that either x-3 = 0 or x+27 = 0 and that x = 3 and -27. The only thing in math that will NEVER be negative besides time is distance/length, therefore, x cannot be 27 and has to be 3.
Answer:
-q
Step-by-step explanation:
We know that we are trying to find an expression equivelant to p - q:
p - q can be p - 1q
We can then put parenthesis around -1q:
p + (-1q)
We then can simplify:
p + (-q)
15 inches long add 7+5 to get the full total of miles