What is the algebraic expression?
the difference of a number q and 8

Given f(x) = 10x + 4 and g(x) = 3x - 8, what is f(x) + g(x) ? - 7x - 4 - 13x + 4 - 7x + 4 - 13x - 4

Pam buys a sleeve of ball bearings for her skateboard. each of the bearings is 1 1/5 inches wide. the sleeve is 9 3/5 inches long. how many ball bearings are in the sleeve? show your work.

Nick has box brads. he uses 4 brads for the first project. nick let’s b represent the original number of brads and finds that for the second project, the number of brads he uses is 8 more than half the difference of b and 4. write an expression to represent the number of brads he uses for the second project.