Mike's plant grew 3 inches last week. lauren's plant grew 2 1/2 times this amount. how many inches did lauren's plant grow last week?

Follow these steps using the algebra tiles to solve the equation −5x + (−2) = −2x + 4. 1. add 5 positive x-tiles to both sides and create zero pairs. 2. add 4 negative unit tiles to both sides and create zero pairs. 3. divide the unit tiles evenly among the x-tiles. x =