Yes you can! Say you have 5(2 + x) + 3x. The answer would be 10+8x because when you use the distributive property you will end up getting 5*2 5*x and once you multiply, it's obvious 5 times 2 is 10 and 5 times x will equal 5x. Then you add 5x and 3x and get 8x. So, the simplified expression here is 10+8x. When you have this as an answer it's proving your answer right. You can without using the distributive property. We can have 10+5x+3x and it will be your simplified expression. It's the same thing with equations too.
Answer:
C. x=2
Step-by-step explanation:
-3(x-4)=2x+4-x
-3x+12=x+4
+3x +3x
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12=4x+4
-4 -4
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8=4x
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4 4
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x=2
Solution:
Given:

To determine if an ordered pair is a solution, we substitute the x and y-values into the inequality and check if it is true.
Thus,




Therefore, the correct answers are selected as shown below;
A score of 85 would be 1 standard deviation from the mean, 74. Using the 68-95-99.7 rule, we know that 68% of normally distributed data falls within 1 standard deviation of the mean. This means that 100%-68% = 32% of the data is either higher or lower. 32/2 = 16% of the data will be higher than 1 standard deviation from the mean and 16% of the data will be lower than 1 standard deviation from the mean. This means that 16% of the graduating seniors should have a score above 85%.