Is 2(x-y)and 2x-2y are equivalent

At the olympic games, many events have several rounds of competition. one of these events is the men's 100-meter backstroke. the upper dot plot shows the times (in seconds) of the top 8 finishers in the final round of the 2012 olympics. the lower dot plot shows the times of the same 8 swimmers, but in the semifinal round. which pieces of information can be gathered from these dot plots? (remember that lower swim times are faster.) choose all answers that apply: a: the swimmers had faster times on average in the final round. b: the times in the final round vary noticeably more than the times in the semifinal round. c: none of the above.

When keisha installed a fence along the 200 foot perimeter of her rectangular back yard, she left an opening for a gate.in the diagram below, she used x to represent the length in feet of the gate? what is the value? a. 10 b. 20 c. 25 d. 30

Your company withheld $4,463 from your paycheck for taxes. you received a $713 tax refund. select the best answer round to the nearest 100 to estimate how much you paid in taxes.