We start with

and wish to write it as

First, pull 2 out from the first two terms:

Let’s look at what is in parenthesis. In the final form this needs to be a perfect square. Right now we have

and we can obtain -10x by adding -5x and -5x. That is, we can build the following perfect square:

The “problem” with what we just did is that we added to what was given. Let’s put the expression together. We have

and when we multiply that out it does not give us what we started with. It gives us

So you see our expression is not right. It should have a -53 but instead has a -3. So to correct it we need to subtract another 50.
We do this as follows:

which gives us the final expression we seek:

If you multiply this out you will get the exact expression we were given. This means that:
a = 2
d = -5
e = -103
We are asked for the sum of a, d and e which is 2 + (-5) + (-103) = -106
The answer should be y=-1/7x
The surface area of the triangle is 1/2 * 6*8 so it is 24 sq units
The whole thing is 24* 7.5 so it is 180 sq units
Answer:
x=27
Step-by-step explanation:
expanding the above expression we get
5x+5=4x+32
grouping numbers with coefficient of x at the left side and constant at the right side we get
5x-4x=32-5
x=27
Answer:
L/k
Step-by-step explanation:
If Tim has a wire that is L inches long and each piece is k inches long, then you would divide the total length by the length of each individual to get the number of pieces.
So,
L/k