Direction: In a separate sheet of paper, write an algebraic equation for each real-life situations. Present your answer in a table following the given sample above. 1. Mr. and Mrs. Santos own a laundry shop. They had 134 customers this week, 18 fewer than last week. Write an algebraic equation for the number of customers they had last week. 2. The Grade 6 basketball team scored three less than thrice as many points as their opponent. Their total score at the end of the game was 108. Write an algebraic equation for the number of points they scored.​

Me with this assignment ! i only partially understand, so explain. also it's a work sample. at the championship bike race, steve and paula were fighting for first place. steve was 175 feet ahead of paula and had only 300 feet left to go. he was very tired and was going only 9 feet per second. paula was desperate to catch up and was going 15 feet per second. who won the bike race and by how far did she/he win?

Astudent is determining the influence of different types of food on the growth rate of spiders. she feeds one group of spiders two caterpillars twice a week. the other group received similarly-sized beetles twice a week. she records the amount of time required for individuals to reach sexual maturity. her hypothesis is that the spiders feeding on caterpillars will have a faster growth rate because caterpillars have a higher protein content compared to beetles. in this experiment, what is the dependent variable? spiders assigned to different feeding groups. time required to reach sexual maturity number of prey items fed twice a week. growth rates of each group.

Masons cell phone company charges $0.12 for every text message he sends plus $2.50 per month if mason sent 25 messages this month how much money does he owe the one with the correct answer and explanation gets 10 points and is marked as the brainliest answer