For items 1-3, refer to the problem: The difference of thrice a number and 12 is 16 more than the number. What is the number? Here, we let x = the number

1) Which of the following equations best represents the word problem above? *

12-3x = 16x

12 - 3x = x +16

3x12x +16

3x - 12 = 16x

At a soccer tournament 1212 teams are wearing red shirts, 66 teams are wearing blue shirts, 44 teams are wearing orange shirts, and 22 teams are wearing white shirts. for every 22 teams at the tournament, there is 1 team wearing shirts. choose 1

Aquality characteristic of new iphone x made at the amsterdam plant at apple computers has a manufacturing specification (in mm) of 0.200 +/- .07. historical data indicates that if the quality characteristic takes on values greater than 0.27 or smaller than 0.13 the component fails at a cost of20.19. based on these data: determine the taguchi loss function (must show work) calculate an estimated loss for a quality characteristic of .30 calculate an estimated loss for quality characteristic of .40.

The three sides of a triangle have lengths of 4x+3, 2x+8, and 3x-10. what is the length of the shortest side if the perimeter of the triangle is 136cm?