Simplify: –6(2x – 5) –12x – 30

–12x + 30

12x – 30

12x + 30

Question 3 of 30 paul buys fruit to make smoothies. he buys 3.78 pounds of apples, 2.12 pounds of peaches, and 4.45 pounds of oranges. paul rounds each weight to the nearest tenth of a pound. about how many pounds of fruit did paul buy? (a) 10.5 pounds (b) 10.2 pounds (c) 10.4 pounds (d) 10.0 pounds 30 points

An equation representing lyle’s hedge-trimming business is a = 12n - 300 where a is the amount of profit or loss in dollars and n is the number of hedges trimmed. how would the graph of lyle’s business change if the equation a = 10n - 300 represented his business? the graph would be flatter. the graph would be steeper. the graph would start closer to the origin. the graph would start lower on the y-axis.

Billy plotted −3 4 and −1 4 on a number line to determine that −3 4 is smaller than −1 4 .is he correct? explain why or why not