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Answer soon(fast) 15 pts-brainliest? for right answer with small explination a restaurant catered a party for 40 people. a child’s dinner (c) cost $11 and an adult’s dinner (a) cost $20. the total cost of the dinner was $728. how many children and adults were at the party? use the table to guess and check.(i couldn't get the graph onto the question)                                8 children and 32 adults9 children and 31 adults10 children and 30 adults12 children and 28 adults

On the first of each month, shelly runs a 5k race. she keeps track of her times to track her progress. her time in minutes is recorded in the table: jan 40.55 july 35.38 feb 41.51 aug 37.48 mar 42.01 sept 40.87 apr 38.76 oct 48.32 may 36.32 nov 41.59 june 34.28 dec 42.71 determine the difference between the mean of the data, including the outlier and excluding the outlier. round to the hundredths place. 39.98 39.22 0.76 1.21

[10 points, algebra 2-simplifying complex fractions]according to my answer key the restrictions are -1 and 4. but why not positive 1?