3/4 of half a gallon of water

The figure above shows the lengths of thesides of a rectangle in cm. find the valuesof x and y and then the area of the rectangle.sides: top= 3x - yleft= 3y + 4bottom= 2x + yright= 2x - 3 use both methods, elimination and substitution, if possible.

Simonne used the following steps to simplify the given expression. 12 - 3(-2x + 4) step 1: 12 + (–3)·(–2x) + (–3)·(4) step 2: 12 + 6x + (–12) step 3: 12 + (–12) + 6x step 4: 0 + 6x step 5: 6x what property of real numbers was used to transition from step 3 to step 4? a. identity property of addition b. inverse property of addition c. associative property of addition d. commutative property of addition

Solve the following simultaneous equation by using an algebraic method (either substitution or elimination) 2x + 3y=-4 4x-y=11