Which expressions are equivalent? 3x + 5x and 8x 3(x + 4) and 3x + 12 a + b + a and 2a + b 18x + 2y and 15x + 3x + 2x 3a + 4a +
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Answer:
14 knots
Step-by-step explanation:
We know the speed (55 knots) is 6 more than 3.5 times the winner of the monohull in the 2007 tournament.
So let's set the variable for the speed of the monohull to <em>m</em>. Now, let's set up an equation:
We can solve this by first subtracting 6 from both sides to get:
Dividing both sides by 3.5 we get:
That means that the top speed of the monohull in the 2007 tournament was 14 knots