SOLUTION: A dog breeder has (3x-12) Shetland sheepdogs and (2x+6) collies. Half of the collies and two-thirds of the sheepdogs are blue merles. Which expression gives the total number value
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Question 158933: A dog breeder has (3x-12) Shetland sheepdogs and (2x+6) collies. Half of the collies and two-thirds of the sheepdogs are blue merles. Which expression gives the total number value of blue merles that the breeder has?
A)5x-6
B)2.5-3
C)3x-5
D)2x^2-2x-24
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(3x-12)(2/3)+(2x+6)(1/2)
(6x-24)/3+(2x+6)/2
[2(6x-24)+3(2x+6)]/6
[12x-48+6x+18]/6
2x-8+x+3
3x-5 answer C).
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