Alex score for a game is a given by expression 9-8.2- (-1.9) beth's score for the same game is -8 - (-5.4) - 1.8 whose score was higher? by how much

Use the distributive property -7(-2x+u-2)

Astudent is determining the influence of different types of food on the growth rate of spiders. she feeds one group of spiders two caterpillars twice a week. the other group received similarly-sized beetles twice a week. she records the amount of time required for individuals to reach sexual maturity. her hypothesis is that the spiders feeding on caterpillars will have a faster growth rate because caterpillars have a higher protein content compared to beetles. in this experiment, what is the dependent variable? spiders assigned to different feeding groups. time required to reach sexual maturity number of prey items fed twice a week. growth rates of each group.

Huong is organizing paperback and hardback books for her club's used book sale. the number of paperbacks is 12 less than three times the number of hardbacks. huong had 162 paperbacks. how many hardback books were there?