Answer:
12 shirts
Step-by-step explanation:
If a T-Shirt Launcher can launch 6 shirts in 30 minutes, that means it can launch 12 shirts in an hour, because there are 60 minutes in a hour, and 30 minutes is half os 60 minutes, so we just do 6 x 2 = 12.
Isolate the x. Note the equal sign, what you do to one side, you do to the other. Do the opposite of PEMDAS (Parenthesis, Exponents (& roots), Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction)
First, subtract 6 from both sides
-4x + 6 (-6) = -38 (-6)
-4x = -38 - 6
-4x = -44
Next, fully isolate the x by dividing -4 from both sides
(-4x)/-4 = (-44)/-4
x = -44/-4
x = 11
11 is your answer for x.
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Your number would be 10 and the exponet would be 6
Use elimination
Multiply first equation by 4
12a - 8b = 56
12a + 9b = 39
Subtract both
-17b = 17
b = -1
Plug in -1 for b
3a - 2(-1) = 14
3a = 12, a = 4
Final answer: a = 4, b = -1