A cement mason starts making concrete by mixing 212 pounds of sand to 314 pounds of gravel. The mason uses 414 pounds of sand and gravel to start the concrete. How many pounds of gravel does the mason use? A. 180 pounds

B. 234 pounds

C. 318 pounds

Look, when you want to do something like put it like x^2. x2 could mean x² or x₂. so to clear confusion, know the notation. to find the product multiply the x's and you get -8x and the y's and you get 6y. since it's all being multiplied it is just -8x6y, or answer a. although the better answer is -48xy(combining -8 and 6) because you should multiply constants whenever you can.

Subtract 2 from all the first numbers and add 3 to all the second ones for new coordinates