In -2x

, the exponent will be dealt with first. With (-2x)

, the multiplication is going to be done first. This is determined because of Order of operations.
I don't mean to sound rude or anything but if you go off of the directions up top then you might be able to find the answer these questions are fairly easy and understandable
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
This is a unit rate problem. If we want to find out how much chocolate was eaten in 1 minute, we divide 31.5 by 7. This gives us the number of ounces of chocolate eaten in 1 minute: 4.5 ounces per minute.
The first thing we must do for this case is to look for the area of each rectangle.
We have then:
A1 = (40) * (x)
A2 = (1.25 * 40) * (y)
Then, we have the following relationship between areas:
"the area of Q is 10% less than the area of p"
A2 = 0.9 * A1
Substituting values we have:
(1.25 * 40) * (y) = 0.9 * ((40) * (x))
We rewrite:
50y = 36x
The relationship x: y is:
x / y = (50) / (36)
Simplifying:
x / y = (25) / (18)
Answer:
the ratio of x:y is:
25:18