So h is 3x
b is x
3x plus x equal 972
4x = 972
243 is base
243 times 3 is 729
It seems to me, that if you were to add the price of all three items together, then multiply by 7.5%, you'd have the answer. Remember that 7.5% = .075 ... in other words, that is the number you would multiply the sum of the items by. Does that help?
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It is the third equation: −512⋅(65⋅13)⋅92=(−512⋅65)⋅(13⋅92)
Associative property means one can group the individual operations arbitrarily without changing the result.