Answer:
3/17
Step-by-step explanation:
-2x + 3(-5x + 1)
-2x -15x +3
-17x + 3
17x = 3
x = 3/17
Answer:
She started with 26 boxes.
Step-by-step explanation:
She started with x boxes. Then she bought 8 more boxes. Now she had x + 8 boxes. Then half the boxes were destroyed, so she has the other half of the boxes. Half of the boxes is (x + 8)/2. She has now 17 boxes, so (x + 8)/2 = 17.
(x + 8)/2 = 17
Multiply both sides by 2.
x + 8 = 34
Subtract 8 from both sides.
x = 26
She started with 26 boxes.
S = 5 + C
33 = S + C
Clark made 14 and Shelly made 19
