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Nick has box brads. he uses 4 brads for the first project. nick let’s b represent the original number of brads and finds that for the second project, the number of brads he uses is 8 more than half the difference of b and 4. write an expression to represent the number of brads he uses for the second project.

Tamar is measuring the sides and angles of tuv to determine whether it is congruent to the triangle below. which pair of measurements would eliminate the possibility that the triangles are congruent

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