3 Hours
4 People does the job in 6 hours if there are twice as many people it gets done twice as fast
Answer:
Because 3(5x) is the same as 3 *5 * x
Step-by-step explanation:
When a number is next to another in parantheses, it signifies multiplication. In this case, we already have 5 and x grouped together by a multiplication sign, so the entire thing is 5 * x. The statement below is key
Distribution in multiplication is only possible if a variable is grouped to another real number by a plus or minus sign.
So in this case, we have 3 * 5 * x, which is 15x. However, if we had 3(5 + x), we would have 15 (3 * 5) + 3x (3 * x).
Hopefully that makes sense!
It's goofy to subtract perimeter and area; they're in different units. We persist.
The area is
and the perimeter is
. so the difference is

Answer: choice A