Jacob used 3 pears and 12 apples to make a fruit salad. What was the ratio of the number of pears to the number of apples in the fruit salad?

If kn = 9 cm, mn = 21 cm, rs = 42 cm, and ps = 18 cm, what is the scale factor of figure klmn to figure pqrs?

Use addition and subtraction to simplify the following polynomials. a. add polynomials: (3 – 4x + 8x^2) + (–6 + 2x – 5x^2) step 1: rewrite the polynomials without the parentheses. step 2: write the polynomial in descending order and use parentheses around like terms. step 3: add the like terms identified in step 2 to simplify the polynomial. b. subtract polynomials: (3x – 5 – 7x^2) – (–2 + 6x^2 – 5x) step 1: rewrite the polynomials without the parentheses. remember to multiply each term in the second parentheses by –1. show your work. step 2: write the polynomial in descending order and use parentheses around like terms. step 3: add the like terms identified in step 2 to simplify the polynomial.

2. explain in words how you plot the point (4, −2) in a rectangular coordinate system.