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In this case we have the following expression:

We know that Karen was trying to factor out this and she found that the greatest common factor of these terms was 2, in other words we can write this expression as:

An area model for this expression could be the area of a rectangle that has the following dimensions:

So the area model can be written as:

⓵ You need to solve the left side first in order to isolate the × and find it’s value :
-7× + 6 = 27
-6 -6
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-7× = 21
÷-7 ÷-7
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× = -3
If you find it too difficult to divide a number by a negative, just divide 21 by 7 and always remember that when dividing, when the signs are different the answer is negative. So knowing that you could just divide 21 by 7, which is 3, and add a negative sign in front!
I hope this helped, if there’s anything let me know! ☻
If each painting takes 3 hours, and he has to do 8 then he would spend 24 hours doing all 8 portraits
Following PEMDAS
Step 1: 16+6(.5)-8
Step 2:16+3-8
Step3: 19-8
Step 4:=8
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Step 1: 10-(3+4)
Step 2: 10-(7)
Step3: =3
x ≈ 59°
Work is on piece of paper, yet I don't have a phone. I'm certain that is the answer.