Are the two expressions equivalent? how do you know? 5x + 3x and 5(3) + xy

Simplify -4z+2y-y+-18z a.-22z+y b.-14z+2 c.3y+22z d.y +14z

White shapes and black shapes are used in a game. some of the shapes are circles. while the rest are squares. the ratio of the number of white shapes to the number of black shapes is 5: 11. the ratio of the number of white cicrles to the number of white squares is 3: 7. the ratio of the number of black circles to the number of black squres is 3: 8. work out what fraction of all the shapes are circles.

Given abc find the values of x and y. in your final answer, include all of your calculations.