I believe the correct answer is B. -5
9514 1404 393
Explanation:
Make use of the properties of equality.
a = 2b +6 . . . . . given
a = 9b -8 . . . . . given
2b +6 = 9b -8 . . . . . . . substitution property of equality
6 = 7b -8 . . . . . . . . . . . subtraction property of equality
14 = 7b . . . . . . . . . . . . . addition property of equality
2 = b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . division property of equality
b = 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . symmetric property of equality
Just take 9/9-4/9=5/9, we get 9/9 because that is how much fruit punch that there was when the container was full. Enjoy!=)
Answer:
(2/3) x + 17
Step-by-step explanation:
One way we can solve this is to start at x and to work from there.
Since x represents the number of baseball cards that Barry's brother has, and the closest phrase to it is "two-thirds of the number of cards", we can start by writing that as "2/3 of x", or (2/3) * x.
Next, we have "17 more than two-thirds of ...". We have 17 more than the number we just got, so we have 17 more than (2/3) * x = 17 + (2/3) * x = (2/3)*x + 17 as our answer
