8. hassan made a vegetable salad with 2 3/8 pounds
of tomatoes, 1 1/4 pounds of asparagus, and
2 7/8 pounds of potatoes. how many pounds of
vegetables did he use altogether?

let's convert firstly the mixed fractions to improper fractions and then add up.

no, the equation would be invalid since they are both not equal.

step-by-step explanation:

here you got

4y-6+4y 2-9

first, you would simplify the equation on the form.

4y-6+4y 2-9

then, move all the terms that contains a y to the left and all the other terms to the right.

+4y-4y+-9-6

finally, you will simplify the left and the right side of the equation.

y=-3

step-by-step explanation:

descending order means to order the polynomials from the term with the largest exponent to the term with the smallest exponent.  

therefore, the correct answer is d.