Evaluate and simplify
4a - 2(a + b) + 1 = ? a=2 b=4

Phillip had some bricks. he stacked them in 6 equal piles. which expression shows the number of bricks phillip put in each pile? let the variable m stand for the unknown number of bricks. m + 6 m÷6    m−6    6m

Lance lived in portugal and brazil for a total of 14 months to learn portuguese. he learned an average of 130 new words per month when he lived in portugal, and an average of 150 new words per month when he lived in brazil. in total he learned 1920 new words. write a system of equations to represent the situation. use x to represent portugal, and y to represent brazil

The diagram shows corresponding lengths in two similar figures. find the area of the smaller figure. a. 14.4 yd2 b. 24 yd2 c. 26.4 yd2 d. 28