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Ms. sutton recorded the word counts and scores of the top ten essays in a timed writing contest. the table shows her data. how does the word count of an essay relate to its score in the contest? word count tends to decrease as the score decreases. word count tends to increase as the score decreases. word count tends to remain constant as the score decreases. word count has no apparent relationship to the score of the essay.

What is the value of x in the following equation? -3x-2=2x+8

Rob spent 25%, percent more time on his research project than he had planned. he spent an extra h hours on the project. which of the following expressions could represent the number of hours rob actually spent on the project? two answers