< means 'less than'. 3.5 is less than 4.5, so A is correct. Since -4.5 is NEGATIVE it is less than 0. As for C, since both numbers are negative, it would be the seemingly 'smaller' number that is actually bigger. It may help to think of the numbers on a number line. In the negatives, the numbers start to go in reverse, so the further from 0 a negative number is, the smaller it is. -4.5 IS LESS than -3.5. All answers are correct.
Joshua must have 7 more customers if they each buy 2 items.
7+10x-2x-2=-3
—-Combine like terms...10x-2x=8x and 7-2=5
8x+5=-3
——subtract 5 on both sides.. the 5’s will cancel each other and -3-5=-8
8x=-8
——Divide 8 on both sides...the 8’s will cancel out and -8 divided by 8 = -1
Answer: x = -1
Answer:
They are skew and will never intersect.
Step-by-step explanation:
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Lines a and b are skew lines since they are not parallel and they do not intersect. The explanation that they don't intersect is on the grounds that each line is in a parallel plane. Parallel means heading off to the same direction but neither converging nor diverging.
(18 neclaces)/(12 days) = 1.5 necklaces/day
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Rate is generally expressed in terms of quantity per time period. ("Per" means "divided by" here.) So, to find the rate, you divide the quantity by the corresponding time period, as above. There are other sorts of rates, but this is perhaps the most common.
