1st way= Round your SUM to the closest. Example: 44 is close to 40 since its not 45 yet.
Well 9 3/4 is 9.75 and 27 1/2 is 27.5 so if we take 27.5 and subtract 9.75 you get 17.75 and then all you have to do is 17.75/2 which is 8.875 so the answer would be 8.875 inches on either side
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
1. This paragraph describes an observational study.
It is not a controlled experiment because the guidance counselors didn't plan to separate the students into 2 groups and then observe the results. They instead checked records.
2. The students who took Latin are the treatment group.
3. The fact that students decided on their own to take Latin is a confounding factor.
4. The students who did not take Latin are the placebo or control group.
we are given

now, we can factor out right side term


now, we can plug back
and we get
so,
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