Tom sold half of his comic books and then bought 8 more. He now has 18. How many did he begin with?

40) linda was making chocolate truffles for the first day of school. the recipe for 20 chocolate truffles is: i cup of cream 2 cups of dark chocolate she noticed this will not be enough truffles for the 42 sure that all students in each homeroom next year. to be sure that all students receive a truffle, linda must adjust her recipe. a. complete the recipe for 42 truffles cups of cream - cups of dark chocolate work:

6x + 3y = -6 2x + y = -2 a. x = 0, y = -2 b. infinite solutions c. x = -1, y = 0 d. no solution

Which of the following graphs could represent a cubic function?