Of the 480 students in 7th grade, 3/8 have a pet. how many 7th graders have a pet?

180

Step-by-step explanation:

You need to find 3/8 of 480.

To find a fraction of a number, multiply the fraction by the number.

3/8 of 480 =

= 3/8 * 480

= 3/8 *480/1

= (3 * 480)/(8 * 1)

= 1440/8

= 180

days of the week

step-by-step explanation:

javier earned more money then kyle, so that won't always be a constant term, but the days of the week do not change so that term is always constant.

edit: i meant

for this case we must apply distributive property to the following expression:

the distributive property states that:

then, when applying the property we have to multiply the -2 for each term within the parenthesis: