Jessica is voting for dancers in a contest. she votes for the first contestant 5 times, the second contestant 9 times, and the third contestant 13 times. if she continues this pattern, how many total votes will jessica cast for the first four contestants? explain.

  44 votes

Step-by-step explanation:

The fourth contestant will get 17 votes (4 more than the 3rd contenstant). The total votes cast are then ...

  5 + 9 + 13 + 17 = 44

"This pattern" seems to be that each contestant gets 4 more votes than the one before.

your answer is 23/2 - 13.5

step-by-step explanation:

7/2 evaluates to

multiply x and 4.5

multiply x and 1

the x just gets copied along.

the answer is x

x

4.5*x evaluates to 4.5x

multiply 3 and 4.5x

multiply 1 and x

the x just gets copied along.

x

4.5*x*3 evaluates to 13.5x

7/2-4.5*x*3 evaluates to

  + 8 =

the answer is

7/2-4.5*x*3+8 evaluates to

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step-by-step explanation: