Use the distributive property to write an expression that is equivalent to the sum of 9 and 54.
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So for the first one think of it as decimals so it’s easier: 9.20-7.35, subtract and it would be 1.85 so since we use decimals to make it easier it isn’t actually a decimal so it would be 2 hours and 25 minutes. And for the second one you just add 50 minutes to that and you would get 3 hours and 15 minutes.
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. Get everything on one side of the equals sign, set it equal to 0 and factor. When you do this you get (x-3)(x+27). The Zero Product Property rule tells us that either x-3 = 0 or x+27 = 0 and that x = 3 and -27. The only thing in math that will NEVER be negative besides time is distance/length, therefore, x cannot be 27 and has to be 3.