Maya's car is 3 inches less than 2 times the length of nate's car. the sum of the lengths of both cars is 26 inches.
write an equation to determine the lengths of nate's and maya's cars.

1. x + 3 − 2x = 26
2. x + 2x = 26
3. 2x − 3 = 26
4. x + 2x − 3 = 26

Sam is a waiter at a local restaurant where he earns wages of $5 per hour sam figures that he also eams about $3 in tips for each person he serves sam works 6 hours on a particular day. if n represents the number of people sam serves that day, which of the following functions could sam use to figure ehis total earings for the do o a. en) = 30 o b. en) = 5n+ 18