Malik buys and sells car parts. he bought two tires for $45.00 each and later sold them for $65.00 each. he bought three rims for $85.00 each and later sold them for $126.00 each. he bought five headlight covers for $5.00 each and later sold them for $15.00 each. what is malik's total profit?

Original:
45x2=90
85x3=255
5x5=25
All this equals to 370

Profit:
65x2=130
126x3=378
15x5=75
All this equals to 538

538-370=213
Malik profited $213.

1. isolate the variable, in this case, d. subtract 35.5 on both sides of the equation.2. 52 subtracted by 35.5 is 16.53. therefore your answer would be d= 16.5this is the basics of pre algebra, isolating variable through adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, if you have any other questions to ask just comment!