Distributive Property
6x+ 8 =50
x=7
Three fewer than one fourth of x is twelve.
1/4x-3=12
At a dinner of 37 people, an equal number of guests sat at three large tables and 7 late guests sat at a smaller table. n=number of guests at large table
3n+7= 37
Scott picked n tomatoes. Grant 5 times as many but threw 6 of them back because they were rotten. Grant has 19 tomatoes.
5n-6=19
(x +11)/ 8= -3
x= -35
1= (a-13) / -6
a=7
Kayleigh babysat for 11 hours this week. That was 5 fewer than 2/3 as many hours from the previous week, h.
2/3h-5=11
4= (w+8) / 9
w=28
(n-5) / -2 = -7
n=19
Four friends went out to dinner and split the bill evenly. Each paid $12.75 for the meal and left "t" tip. The total bill was $61.
4(12.75+ t)=61