You can just simplify to make an equivalent equation:
(2)(3x + 8) = 5 ⇒ 6x + 16 = 5
Answer:

Hope it helped,
BioTeacher101
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You’re going it plug in the inputs for every input for the letter x. So the first one, fx= -4(-2)+1= 9. The second one fx= -4(0)+1=1. The third one fx= -4(5)+1=19.
-2,-7 because you go the same ammount in the opposite direction
That’s 375 laptops if I’m not wrong the key is to divide
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