tisha and her academic team are working to go to state finals. they must have a certain number of points to advance. they have had three local matches and will attend a district match. district match points count for three times the number of points than local matches do. choose the equation that would tisha find how many points they need to earn in the district match, b, to advance.
b equals t over 3 minus a minus c minus d
b equals t plus a plus c plus d all over 3
b equals t minus a minus c minus d all over 3
b = 3(t − a − b − d)
jack and jillian sell apples at a produce stand. jillian earns $2 for each bag of apples she sells. at the end of the week, jack has earned $8 less than jillian. the following expression shows jack's earnings:
2x − 8
in the expression, what does the first term represent?
jack's earnings at the end of the week
the number of bags of apples jillian sold
jillian's earnings at the end of the week
the number of bags of apples jack sold
izzy is calculating the amount of time it takes a rocket to get to the moon. the moon is around 239,000 miles from earth. how many hours would it take a rocket that can travel at 500 miles per minute to travel to the moon? round to the nearest hour.
8 hours
20 hours
478 hours
28,680 hours