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There are 20 children in the cast of a class play and 8 of the children are boys of the boys 4 have a speaking part in the play and of the girls 8 do not have a speaking part in the play if a child from the cast of the place chosen at random what is the probability that the child has a speaking part

Ily begins solving the equation 4(x – 1) – x = 3(x + 5) – 11. her work is shown below. 4(x – 1) – x = 3(x + 5) – 11 4x – 4 – x = 3x + 15 – 11 3x – 4 = 3x + 4 how can her partial solution be interpreted?

Simplify a7/a4 a) 1/a3 b)-a/a2 c)a4/a3 d)a3