A=-1 or a=-3 hope this helps
Answer:
You spend $55.78 more buying luxury items then store brand items.
Step-by-step explanation:
You have to add up all the items costs for the store branded items. And then you have to add up all the items costs for the luxury branded items. Then you subtract the luxury item costs, from the store brand items and you get, $55.78.
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First we distribute

into

and

.


That makes the left side of the equation

Now we subtract

from

, which makes

Now the equation is

Our goal is to isolate

, so we both sides by 30
That will make the equation

We multiply -1 on both sides of the equation:

Finally we simplify

, which makes
So the answer is
100x+50= your answer
For example if 3 cavities are filled you would have to multiply 100(3)+50=350
I hope this helps!