What is the first step when solving this equation?
5(4x – 1.5x) + 12 = 4x – 2

A. Divide both sides of the equation by 4.
B. Multiply both sides of the equation by 5.
C. Subtract 1.5x from 4x inside the parentheses.
D. Add 1.5x to both sides of the equation.

∆abc is reflected across the x-axis and translated 2 units up to give the image ∆a'b'c' with coordinates a'(1, 1), b'(2, -1), c'(2, 1). what are the coordinates of the preimage ∆abc? a. a(-1, 1), b(-2, 3), c(-2, 1) b. a(1, 1), b(2, 3), c(2, 1) c. a(1, -3), b(2, -1), c(2, -3) d. a(1, -3), b(2, -5), c(2, -3)

In two or more complete sentences, determine the appropriate model for the given data and explain how you made your decision. (1,-1), (2,0.5), (5,1.5), (8,2)

Jessica and martha each have a bag of cookies with unequal quantities. they have 30 cookies total between the two of them. each of them ate 6 cookies from their bag. the product of the number of cookies left in each bag is not more than 80. how many more cookies will jessica have martha? if x represents the number of cookies jessica started with, complete the statements below.the inequality that describes the relationship between the number of cookies each one of them has is x^2 - x +224 > = 0.jessica has at least cookies more than martha.