Answer: It is simple, if you look at the slope of the 2, if they have the same slope then it means it definitely is not intersecting, and if you look at which points that the equation begins at you can tell if it starts at the same points with the same slope then it is same line, if it starts at different points with same slope then it is parallel lines
Joel = j, Mark = m, Sandra = s
j + m + s = 120
m = 3j
j = 1/2 s --> s = 2j
plug in (substitute) each letter to make it in terms of only j: j + m + s = 120
j + 3j + 2j = 120
6j = 120
6j/6 = 120/6
j = 20
now plug in for the j & s equation:
s = 2j = 2(20) = 40
Therefore Sandra has 40 coins!
The expression that represents the phrase "twice the difference of a number and 5" is 2(x - 5).
<h3>What is the expression that represents the phrase?</h3>
The difference of a number and 5 is given by:
x - 5.
As we don't know the number, hence we call it x.
Twice that is:
2(x - 5).
Hence the expression that represents the phrase "twice the difference of a number and 5" is 2(x - 5).
A similar problem, in which the expression that represents a phrase is found, is given at brainly.com/question/2164351
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