Since you are solving for a, you want to have a on one side of the equation and the other terms on another side of the equation. It would be easiest to have all the terms with a on the left side of the equation, so that is what we will do.
Subtract 9a from both sides to get a on the left side of the equation.
5 + 5a = -5
Subtract 5 from both sides of the equation to isolate the term with a.
5a = -10
Divide both sides of the equation by 5 to solve for a.
a = -2
The K-team can paint a whole house in 60 minutes (super fast!!!). How much of a house can the team paint in 1 minute? The K-team can paint 1/60 of a house per minute.
The C-team can paint a whole hose in 80 minutes. How much of a house can the team paint in 1 minute? The C-team can paint 1/80 of a house per minute.
Suppose both teams paint for the same amount of time -- call the time t (minutes).
Combine the work they do to paint 1 whole house:

Multiply all the terms by the Least Common Denominator, LCD = 240.

Now, can you finish it? By the way, the answer is not a whole number! Hint: it will be between 30 and 40 minutes.
Step-by-step explanation:
the volume of any pyramid is
base area × height / 3
so, since we know the base area (a square with 23 mm side length), the only trick we need to do is to get the inner height (straight up in the middle from the base area to the top of the pyramid).
because this is a regular pyramid (the top of the pyramid is right above the middle of the base area), we can use Pythagoras for right-angled triangles
c² = a² + b²
with c being the Hypotenuse (the baseline of the triangle opposite of the 90° angle) and in our case the outer height along a side area triangle (24 mm).
the legs of that right-angled triangle are half of a base area side length (remember, the top of the pyramid is right over the middle of the base area square) and the inner height to the top.
so, we have
24² = 12.5² + height²
height² = 24² - 12.5² = 576 - 156.25 = 419.75
height = 20.48780125... mm
so, the volume of the pyramid is then
23² × 20.48780125... / 3 = 3,612.682287... mm³ ≈
≈ 3,612.7 mm³
The number that is its own opposite is zero.
Answer: 23 is a number.
Step-by-step explanation:
An algebraic expression is made up of terms consisting of variables (for example, n), a number (for example, 23) or a constant multiplied by variable or variables (for example, ax2 + bx + c).