Answer: option A, 3x + 5
first, i rewrote it and removed the parentheses.
2x - 4 + x + 9
then, i collected the like terms.
3x + 5
I'm assuming you mean 
, not 
, like your prompt suggests.
First, let's figure out what rule we can use. A likely noticeable one is the Power Rule, which says the following:
![\dfrac{d}{dx} [u^a] = a(u)^{a-1} du](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cdfrac%7Bd%7D%7Bdx%7D%20%5Bu%5Ea%5D%20%3D%20a%28u%29%5E%7Ba-1%7D%20du)
Applying this, we can solve for the derivative:
While you can simplify the expression to your liking, I believe that this form is not overly complex and will thus leave it as is.
Thus, our answer is:
Answer:
93,675
Step-by-step explanation:
We see that the given sequence is an arithmetic sequence with first term 997, common difference -5, and last term 252.
The number of terms in the sequence (n) can be found from the formula for the n-th term:
an = a1 +d(n -1)
(an -an)/d +1 = n
(252 -997)/(-5) +1 = n = 150
The sum of these terms is the average of the first and last terms, multiplied by the number of terms:
S150 = (997 +252)/2·150 = 93,675
The sequence sum is 93,675.
