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The capulet and montague families love writing. last year, each capulet wrote 444 essays, each montague wrote 666 essays, and both families wrote 100100100 essays in total. this year, each capulet wrote 888 essays, each montague wrote 121212 essays, and both families wrote 200200200 essays in total. how many capulets and montagues are there? choose 1

Simonne used the following steps to simplify the given expression. 12 - 3(-2x + 4) step 1: 12 + (–3)·(–2x) + (–3)·(4) step 2: 12 + 6x + (–12) step 3: 12 + (–12) + 6x step 4: 0 + 6x step 5: 6x what property of real numbers was used to transition from step 3 to step 4? a. identity property of addition b. inverse property of addition c. associative property of addition d. commutative property of addition

The pyramid shown has a square base that is 24 centimeters on each side. the slant height is 16 centimeters. what is the lateral surface area?