Let x be the amount of apples that Kevin bought.
It says that john buys three more than twice the amount of apples that kevin buys, so 3 + 2x apples.
They bought 21 apples total, so x + 3 + 2x=21
Collecting like terms gives 3x+3=21
Subtracting 3 from both sides gives 3x=18 and then dividing both sides by 3 gives x=6
x is the amount of apples kevin bought, so kevin bought 6 apples
I believe it's b. Hope this helps
Step 1. Factor out common terms in the first two terms, then in the last two terms.
2x^2(x - 5) -5(x - 5)
Step 2. Factor out the common term x - 5
(x - 5)(2x^2 - 5)
