Maybe let's just do the prime factorization.
40=2x2x2x5
answer:2^3x5
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Step 1: Simplify both sides of the equation.
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(Distribute)
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Step 2: Add 2/5 to both sides.
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10
Step 3: Multiply both sides by 3/(-2).
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27
20
Answer:
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27
20
I believe it was the coasts of South America and Africa.
Answer:
Parallel means that the lines will never cross. If we look at a traditional trapezoid, the top side and the bottom side are straight lines that will never cross one another. The left and right sides are slanted towards one another, to they are not parallel.
Hope this helped. : )
