-2x + 8. you multiply all the terms inside the parenthesis by the one outside of/attached to them. the reason it is +8 and not -8 is because the negatives cancel out to give you a positive.
Yes, yes it is equal. is there a picture or graph or something?
The answer would be ay-xb
To get the answer we can use proportion
40$ ------------- 100%
2$ ---------------- x
crossmultiply now
40x=2*100 /:40
x=200:40
x=5% - its the answer
