How can you tell when a pattern shows counting on by tens?

△cde maps to △stu with the transformations (x, y) arrowright (x − 2, y − 2) arrowright (3x, 3y) arrowright (x, −y). if cd = a + 1, de = 2a − 1, st = 2b + 3 and tu = b + 6, find the values of a and b. the value of a is and the value of b is .

Michelle had a birthday party. she bought a bag of candy with 96 starbursts, 72 hershey's, and 68 reese's. she wants to use all the candy she bought to make goody bags with the same amount of starbursts, hershey's and reese's in each bag. what is the largest number of bags she can make?

Atrucker had a load of grain containing 2 tons. she unloaded 1 ton and 1,200 pounds at the warehouse. how much grain does she still have left on the truck?