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Simplify 0.9x + 1.26 - 2.3 + 0.1 * x to x - 1.04
add 1.04 to both sides
simplify 1.6 + 1.04 to 2.64
Answer: x = 2.64
-6 is the answer since 6*-1 is -6
Look at some shorter periods of time to decide whether their reasonable. Do that by simplifying the fraction. . . . . 40,000 pounds / 80 years = 4,000 pounds / 8 years = 2,000 pounds (1 ton) / 4 years = 1,000 pounds / 2 years (have you decided yet ? Well, simplify it some more) 1,000 pounds / 2 years = 500 pounds per year = almost 1 and 1/2 pounds of bread every day of your life. NOW what do you think ? Make sense ?
X + 100 = 4x +49
x= 17
158+148+32+x = 360
338+x= 360
x= 22
