Which expression is equivalent to 12x − 8x + 3 and why?

3 + 4x, because (12x − 8x) + 3 = 4x + 3 = 3 + 4x
7x, because 12x − 8x + 3 = 4x + 3 = 7x
12x − 5, because 12x − (8x − 3) = 12x − 5
x, because 12x − 8x + 3 = 12x − 11x = x

Amajor grocery store chain is trying to cut down on waste. currently, they get peaches from two different distributors, whole fruits and green grocer. out of a two large shipments, the manager randomly selects items from both suppliers and counts the number of items that are not sell-able due to bruising, disease or other problems. she then makes a confidence interval. is there a significant difference in the quality of the peaches between the two distributors? 95% ci for pw-pg: (0.064, 0.156)

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (–9, 2) and (0, 4)? the slope of the line is

If 7x=9y, y/z = 7/5 , then x/z = (a) 2/7 (b) 7/9 (c) 9/5 (d) 9/7 (e) 5/9