The second choice best applies to the given excerpt. First, it can be noted from this excerpt that the writer wants to convey a pessimistic view of fate. With that, the last choice will not apply to the paragraph anymore. The second and third choices do not apply as well because all words used were neither jargon nor difficult. Rather the words and phrases used like, "interested...but changed their minds", "frustrated", and "revolution in the mountains", were easy to grasp and quickly conveys how a possibly bright future has turned into a sour one.
Answer:
2. he's going to go take a bath
3.they are going to go buy a car
4.he's going to go make a cup of coffee
5. they are going to go paint their house
6. she's going to go play the piano
That expression can be simplified by combining like terms.
Like terms are terms that have the same variable(s) and the same exponent(s).
The like terms are 7x and 9x.
You can combine like terms by adding the coefficients (the number in front of the exponent) together and then tacking on the variable at the end.
7x + 9x = 16x
Add 16x back to the term that can't be combined (-8y), and the simplified expression is 16x - 8y
