<span>B. Square the number of the term, n</span>
Answer:
<u>There were 12 gold coins in the chest at the start.</u>
Step-by-step explanation:
1. Let's review the information given to us to answer the question correctly:
x = Number of gold coins in a chest
1/2x = Number of gold coins taken by the captain
1/4x = Number of gold coins taken by Sally
3 = Number of gold coins left
2. How many coins were in the chest at the start?
Let's write the following equation to solve for x:
1/2x + 1/4x + 3 = x
2x + x + 12 = 4x (Lowest Common Denominator is 4)
4x - 2x - x = 12 (Like terms)
x = 12
<u>There were 12 gold coins in the chest at the start.</u>
By using two arbitrary points on the line, we can find the slope using the slope formula:
We'll use the points (0, 4) and (5, 1) for this.
1 - 4 / 5 - 0
-3 / 5
The slope of the line is -3/5.
12 + 6x + 6x + 6y = 12 + 12x + 6y
