Solve each statement into a symbolic expression: “The sum of a number and six is two less than half the same number”

Tomas is making trail mix using granola and walnuts. he can spend a total of $12 on the ingredients. he buys 3 pounds of granola that costs $2.00 per pound. the walnuts cost $6 per pound. he uses the equation to represent the total cost, where x represents the number of pounds of granola and y represents the number of pounds of walnuts. he solves the equation for y, the number of pounds of walnuts he can buy. answer- b tomas added 6 to both sides of the equation instead of subtracting 6. just took the test

The distance between two cities is 368 miles. if the scale on the map is 1/4 inch=23 miles, what is the distance between the cities on the map?

Rationalize the denominator- 12x/√x-10