<span>Let's do this step by step, we know that the guy steals $ 100
So it would be - $ 100 for the store.
The men buy $ 70 merchandise WITH THE MONEY THAT HE STOLE, but the money that he stole CAME BACK to the store
So up to this poin, : - $ 100 + $100 - $ 70 = - $ 70 for the store
After that , the store give $ 30 cash back,
So in the and : - $ 70 - $30 = - $ 100 lost for the store
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I am pretty sure the answer is 60 because 145 divided by 29 is 5 you multiply by 12 you get 60
We have been given a system of nonlinear equations.

In order to solve this system we can first equate the two equations in order to get a quadratic in x.

Our next step is to bring all the terms on one side.

Now we have to solve this equation. We can solve it by factoring using the splitting middle term method.



Upon setting each of these factors equal to zero using zero product property we get

Upon solving both these equations we get

Now we can substitute these values of x in the equation

We get


Therefore, our final set of solutions are

Yes 2/4 is 1/2 because if you have a pie and you cut it in four pieces then you eat to you only got two pieces left so there you only have half a pie left.