The quotient of a number and five is 8 less thn a number

Pam buys a sleeve of ball bearings for her skateboard. each of the bearings is 1 1/5 inches wide. the sleeve is 9 3/5 inches long. how many ball bearings are in the sleeve? show your work.

Janie has $3. she earns $1.20 for each chore she does and can do fractions of chores. she wants to earn enough money to buy a cd for $13.50. write an inequality to determine the number of chores, c, janie could do to have enough money to buy the cd.

The value of x in this system of equations is 1. 3x + y = 9 y = –4x + 10 substitute the value of y in the first equation: combine like terms: apply the subtraction property of equality: apply the division property of equality: 3x + (–4x + 10) = 9 –x + 10 = 9 –x = –1 x = 1 what is the value of y?