Maria solved the equation. 4 (3 x minus 8) minus 4 = 24. 12 x minus 32 minus 4 = 24. 12 x minus 36 = 24. 12 x = 60. x = 5. what methods did she use and in what order did she use them?
combining like terms distributive property addition property of equality division property of equality distributive property addition property of equality subtraction property of equality division property of equality distributive property combining like terms addition property of equality division property of equality distributive property of equality addition property of equality combining like terms division property of equality

1. Distributive property.

2. Combining like terms.

3. Addition property of equality.

4. Division property of equality.

Step-by-step explanation:

- The Distributive property states that:

- The Addition property of equality states that:

- The Subtraction property of equality states that:

- The Multiplication property of equality states that:

- The Division property of equality states that:

Given the following equation:

We can identify that the methods Maria used to solve it and the order, are:

1. Distributive property:

2. Combining (or adding) like terms:

3. Addition property of equality, because she added 36 to both sides of the equation:

4. Division property of equality, because she divided both sides of the equation by 12:

linearly: 8560 bacteria

exponentially: approximately 75233 bacteria

step-by-step explanation:

assuming it is not exponential (we would have some really complicated logarithms), let's say it is linear. then, after 5 hours, it increased by 1200 bacteria, so every hour it increases by 240 bacteria. this means that after 19 hours, we get 19 * 240 + 4000 bacteria or 3800 + 760 + 4000 = 7800 + 760 = 8560 bacteria.

because it says round your answer, i will do this exponentially (with a calculator, of course). first, we need to find how much it multiplies by every hour, by taking the 5th root of 52/40 or 13/10. this is approximately 0.167. we still need to add 1 to this, because we are multiplying by that number, not adding that amount of the number. now, we just calculate 4000 * (1.167)^19. use a calculator to get approximately 75232.6, or 75233.

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