Our equation looks like:

This means that we will need to distribute. This means that we need to multiply everything inside the parenthesis by the number outside of the parenthesis. (<em>Note: you only distribute when variables are involved.)</em>

Simplify:

We cannot simplify any further, so we know that our equation, until we know what x equals, is
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For this case we have that the variable "x" represents the number of hours that Leticia uses to take care of children on Saturday.
IF on Friday I use 4 hours ($ 8 each) and on Saturday "x" hours ($ 8 each) obtaining a profit of $ 72, we have the following equation:

We apply distributive property:

So, on Saturday she spent 5 hours.
Answer:

Answer:
x=(5±√17)/4, or x ≈ 2.281 and 0.219
Step-by-step explanation:

plug into quadratic formula

simplify

≈ 2.281 and 0.219
1 is B
2 is C
3 is a..........................