Write and solve each of the following linear equations .
a. ofelia has a certain amount of money. if she spends $12, then she has of the original amount left.
how much money did ofelia have originally?

Read the excerpt from gilgamesh: a new english version.gilgamesh backed away. he said,"how dreadful humbaba's face has become! it is changing into a thousand nightmarefaces, more horrible than i can bear.i feel haunted. i am too afraid to go on." §enkidu answered, "why, dear friend,do you speak like a coward? what you just saidis unworthy of you. it grieves my heartwe must not hesitate or retreat."