The result of the mathematical operation 
× is 10.
<h3>How to calculate the result of the operation?</h3>
To calculate the result of this operation we need to perform the following mathematical operations:
* = 
= 
= 10
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Answer:
Let's define the variables:
M = number of books that Marcus has.
x = number of books that Jessie has.
We know that:
"Marcus has one book less than three times the number of books that Jessie has."
Then the equation that represents the number of books that Marcus has is:
M = 3*x - 1.
Then if x tiles represent the number of books that Jessie has, the number of tiles for Marcus will be 3 times that, and then subtract one tile.
First, we have two points and we need to use these points to find the slope. To do this, let's label one point x1 and y1, the other point x2 and y2 then,
Slope = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)
(2, 3) - 2 is x1 and 3 is y1
(-1, -12) -1 is x2 and -12 is y2
Slope = (-12 - 3) / ( -1 - 2) = -15 / -3 = 5
Now the equation of our line is: y = 5x + b
Let's plug one of our points into this equation to solve for b.
3 = 5(2) + b
3 = 10 + b
Subtract 10 from both sides.
-7 = b
The equation of our line is: y = 5x - 7
