1a) 8 / (1/2) = 16 * 3 = 48
1b) 3sqrt(49) = 3 * 7 = 21
1c) (5+2)(-8) / (-2)^3 -3
(7*-8) / (-8 -3)
-56/-11
56/11
Jamal factored it completely.
in Jennifer's answer, 3x+3 has a common factor of 3 which can be factored to become 3(x+1) which is what Jamal did.
Yes, the student's theory is correct, because the survey shows that the seventh graders spend more time playing games on the weekend than the eighth graders.
The answer is representativeness heuristic. This is used when making decisions about the likelihood of an occasion under doubt. It is unique of a group of heuristics (simple rules leading decision or decision-making) suggested by psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman in the 1970s.