A, and here's how you do it:
First, just disregard the bottom half of the fraction, and focus on the top part. So on the top, you first multiply the bottom and the top of the first fraction by two, so you get:

Then write all numerators above the common denominator so you get:

Then you can add the bottom part of the fraction back so you can have:
2x + 1
—
8
———
x²
—
4
Then multiply it by the formula:
a
—
b. a x d
— = —
c. b x c
—
d
Then you'll get:

Then reduce it by 4, so you'll get A. as your answer.
Answer: 12 dimes
Step-by-step explanation: 12 quarters = 3.00
five nickels = 3.25
12 dimes = 4.45
13 pennies = 4.58
No the pattern isn't geometric because successive terms don't share a common difference...
this should be some kinda Fibonacci sequence
1st space is 2
6th space (last) is 42
in betwen that is 5 spaces to go
find distance from 2 to 42
42-2=40
40=5 spaces
divide 5
8=1 space
each space goes upby 8
2=1st space
2+8=2nd space
2+8+8=3rd space=18=x
x=18
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Step-by-step explanation: