266.4 - 8.5 - 24 will give you the answer of 233.9
What you do is multiply x and y by 4 so the new be point is (-36,24)
If the negative square root is found to be one of your solutions, then that is indicative of a pair of imaginary roots (the imaginary i). According to the conjugate rule, if you have one solution that is imaginary, you will have another but with the opposite sign. For example, if a solution to a quadratic is found to be 2 - i, then its conjugate, 2 + i is also a solution. They will ALWAYS go in pairs. Same thing with radical solutions. If one solution is found to be 
then 
will also be a solution.
The number of pencils is directly proportional to the cost. ... Two values x and y are inversely proportional to each other when their product xy is a constant (always remains the same). This means that whenx increases y will decrease, and vice versa, by an amount such that xyremains the same.
Ok, so first we distribute, you multiply the seven into everything in the parentheses next to it. So far we have, 14a+21+3(4a-2). You distribute the three into the parentheses to get, 14a+21+12a-6. You combine the like terms to get, 26a-15. You cannot simplify it any further so the answer is 26a-15.
