The answer is 4. 3 busses would carry 180, so you gotta have that one extra bus. The question is set up to kind of throw you off but it's quite simple
The answer is -3.
To find this, we simply have to solve the equation and leave only the blank and the parenthesis that it is with on the right side. Then we can divide by the parenthesis. The work for this is done for you below.
____(x - 3) + 2x = -(x - 5) + 4 ----> Distribute the -1 to the parenthesis.
____(x + 3) + 2x = -x + 5 + 4 ----> Simplify
____(x + 3) + 2x = -x + 9 ----> Subtract 2x from both sides
____(x + 3) = -3x + 9 ------> Divide both sides by x + 3
____ = -3.
When you multiply two numbers which have the same sign the answer is positive. Therefore multiply eight and three to get 24 and the answer is positive; therefor the answers 24.
