A grocery store charges $1.25 for every 3/4 pound of chocolate purchased. How much will the store charge a customer who purchases 9 pounds

-2x + 7 = 7

subtract 7 from both sides.

-2x = 0

divide both sides by -2.

x = 0

answer: what in the world is this

step-by-step explanation:

for this case we must apply distributive property to the following expression:

the distributive property states that:

then, when applying the property we have to multiply the -2 for each term within the parenthesis: