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Answer:
x = 2
Discussion:
From the attached graph the intersection point appears to be x = 2. Let's prove that.
2x - 1 = -x + 5 => (add "x" to each side)
2x + x -1 = -x + x + 5 =>
3x -1 = 5 => (add "1" to both sides)
3x -1 + 1 = 5 + 1 =>
3x = 6 =>
x = 6/3 = 2
Thank you,
MrB
Answer:
Given the expression that represents the sum of harry and mike's total monthly wages:
8x+12y
where
x represents the number of hours Harry worked
y represents the number of hours Mike worked.
The Distributive property says that:
Apply the distributive property:
The another way of writing the given expression as:
And we conclude that the rewriting expression represents the sum of harry and mike's total weekly wages.