If you take away the two from the x first in 2 times x plus 3 equals 7 what does x equal

Abox contains 1 plain pencil and 4 pens. a second box contains 5 color pencils and 5 crayons. one item from each box is chosen at random. what is the probability that a plain pencil from the first box and a color pencil from the second box are selected? write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

The base of a triangle exceeds the height by 7 centimeters. if the area is 400 square centimeters, find the length of the base and the height of the triangle.

Suppose a store sells an average of 80 cases of soda per day. assume that each case contains 24 cans of soda and that the store is open 10 hours per day. find the average number of soda that the store sells per hour.