Charlene is a writer going on a trip. She is bringing several copies of her latest book in her suitcase. The suitcase itself weighs 5 pounds, and each book weighs 3 pounds. Her full suitcase can weigh no more than 50 pounds. Explain and defend if Charlene will be allowed to bring 20 books with her. Write an equation or inequality to represent the problem situation.

The answer is 5 + 3x  ≤ 50

Step-by-step explanation:

5 + 3x ≤ 50 - 5

3x ≤ 45

 Divide by 3,  x = 15

b.) 160 miles on a 5 gallons car

step-by-step explanation:

240/10=24 miles/gallon

160/5=32 miles/gallon

30/1=30 miles/gallon

168/6= 28 miles/gallon

32 miles/gallon is the most amount, so this is the best.

step-by-step explanation:

i think something is missing in your question because y-1=(x-12) would not pass through the point (-4,-3). because if you replace x by -4 your are supposed to find y=-3 which is not the case her. if you replace x by -4 you find =-15.

i assume the right equation is y-1=1/4*(x-12) because this one is passing through both your points (if you are interested to know how i found that out i can tell you).

in this equation if i replace x by -4 i find y=-3 and if i replace x by 12, i find y=1 so the line representing this equation is passing through those 2 points.

then the standard form of the equation is finding an expression of y in function of x

y-1=1/4*(x-12)

y=x/4-3+1

y=x/4-2

hope that .

do you confirm there was a mistake in the question?