Answer:
12 m
Step-by-step explanation:
The path of a football has been modeled by the equation:

where h represents the height and d represents the horizontal distance.
When the ball lands, it means that its height is back at 0 metres. This means that we have to find horizontal distance, d, when height, h, is 0.
=> 


∴ d = 0 m
and
10d - 120 = 0
=> d = 120 / 10 = 12 m
There are two solutions for d when h = 0 m.
The first solution (d = 0 m) is a case where the ball has not been thrown at all. This means the ball has not moved away from the football player and it is still on the ground.
The second solution is the answer to our problem (d = 12 m). The ball lands at a horizontal distance of 12 m
The answer would be x ≠ 0
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First start with the left side, doing distributive property
So... -2(x) = -2x and -2(5) = -10 Therefore on the left side you now have -2x -10
Next do the same on the right side
-2(x) = - 2x and -2(-2) = 4 so you have -2x + 4 + 5 and you add 4 and 5, leaving you with -2x + 9
Now that you have simplified both sides the problem now looks like this:
-2x - 10 = -2x + 9
Because you have equal terms on both sides (-2) those cancel out so you have -10 = 9
Just from looking at this we know that the statement is false because -1o does not equal 9
*The symbol, "≠" means not equal to"