At Northside Middle School, 30 students were surveyed about their favorite type of music. If 2/5 of students surveyed prefer pop music, how many students do not prefer pop music

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21/2 or 5/2

You move the constant to the right side and change its sign to be 9z= -6 -8. that’s the first step.the second step would be calculate the difference of -8-6 to get -14. you equation should now be 9z=-14the last step is to divide both sides by 9 to get z=-14/9hope this