30 students.....14 are boys...that means (30 - 14) = 16 are girls
if 2 boys are dropped......14 - 2 = 12 boys
and 2 girls are added......16 + 2 = 18 girls
fraction of the class that are boys is : 12/30 which reduces to 2/5 <==
A² - ab + 8b + b² - 1
There are 5 terms in the expression.
a² = 1st term
ab = 2nd term
8b = 3rd term
b² = 4th term
1 = 5th term
Each term is separated by a plus (+) sign or a minus (-) sign.
A term is either a number, a variable, or a number and a variable multiplied together.
a², ab, b² are variables.
8b is a number and a variable multiplied together
1 is a number.
Hayden bought 36 baseball cards because 3/4 represents three quartersof a given amount
