7a+(4+5a)=12a+4 use properties and justify each step

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7a+(4+5a)=12a+4

The first step to this is to simplify both sides of the equation.

You have to combine all of the like terms first...
(7x + 5x) + (4) = 12x + 4
12x + 4 = 12x + 4

Now the second step is to subtract 12x from both sides....
12x + 4 = 12x + 4
-12x -12x

4 = 4

Now you will subtract four from both sides and get....

0=0

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(a) If we choose only one student, the probability of being a math major is $\frac{5}{18}$ (because there are 5 math majors in a class of 18 students). So, the probability of not being a math major is $\frac{18}{18} - \frac{5}{18} = \frac{13}{18}$ (we subtract the math majors of the total of students).

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(b) If the group has at least one math major, it has one, two, three or four. That's the complement (exactly the opposite) of having no math majors in the group. That means 1 = P (at least one math major) + P (no math major). We calculated this last probability in (a).

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