3y - 12x = 20
3y = 20 + 12x
y = (20/3) + 4x
Ok so you would start by getting rid of the fraction. You should know the steps for that by now but here this is what it would look like
3y/4+10=2y/4 Simplify
3y/4+10=1y/210=-1y I really simplified the last part but this is what it looks like:
-
= -1y
10=-1yy=-10
This problem can be completed in 2 ways. Both are acceptable.
Option 1:This is an isosceles trapezoid that can be divided into a rectangle and two congruent triangles.
The area of the rectangle is the base times the height.

The area of one of the triangles is half the base times the height.

The other triangle must have that area too.

The area is 56 square centimeters.
Option 2:We can use the area formula for the trapezoid.

Where

is the length of the shorter base
and

is the length of the longer base
and

is the height.
The length of the shorter base is 9.
The length of the longer base is 9+5+5, or 19.
The height is 4.


Same answer. The area is 56 square centimeters.
Both options are two acceptable ways the problem can be tackled.
She bought 15 packages. You divide 86 by 6, but there is a remainder. pay no attention to it though, just add 1 to the answer.
-x - 9

You want to get x by itself.
First subtract 9 from both sides of the equation.
-x - 9

+9 +9
-x

Then divide -1 on both sides.
-x/-1

I'm pretty sure when you divide a negative number when solving inequalities, you switch the sign.
x