document.write( "Question 285382: I have been trying to solve this problem and I am not sure what I am doing wrong. The answer that I get does not match the answer in the back of my book, and I would like to come up with the right one.\r
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document.write( "Evaluate 4x + 3(y +5)when x is 1 less than the quotient of y and 4 and y = 12\r
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document.write( "I thought that y would equal 4 and x would equal 2 but it does not come out right. \r
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document.write( "Any help would be greatly appreciated.\r
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document.write( "Thank you for your time
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document.write( "Janice I. Bailey \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #804850 by CubeyThePenguin(3113)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! y = 12 \n" ); document.write( "x = y/4 - 1 = 12/4 - 1 = 2\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4x + 3(y + 5) \n" ); document.write( "= 4(2) + 3(12 + 5) \n" ); document.write( "= 8 + 51 = |