thaliaperez145 thaliaperez145

02-10-2018
Mathematics

contestada

Given x less than y, compare the following expressions and determine which is greater: 2x-y;2y-x. Explain your answer

Respuesta :

sqdancefan sqdancefan

02-10-2018

Let's form the difference of the two expressions and see what we can learn.

(2y -x) -(2x -y) = 2y -x -2x +y = 3y -3x = 3(y -x)

Since y > x, this is positive, so 2y -x is greater than 2x -y.

Answer Link

Otras preguntas

Part B At your sink, turn on your faucet slowly, until you have achieved a steady drip, drip, drip of lukewarm water. Make sure you can visually see and count t

What is the approximate measure of angle B?

find the greatest factor of 29g5h4 19g3h5

Which of the following developments helped bring about the Industrial Revolution?

An art song is a musical composition for what performing forces?.

A and B are two companies. The table shows some information about the sales of each company and the number of workers for each company in 2004 and in 2014 Work

A company has the following liabilities as of December 31: Accounts payable $150,000 Notes payable (current portion) 217,000 Salaries and wages payable 55,000 I

1. Why was aeolus able to harness all of the winds for odysseus?

A student learning about heat transfer makes the claim shown: "Some metals change temperature more rapidly than other metals." The student proposes to test th

tickets originally worth p dollars were discounted by 28%. which expression represents the discounted price of the tickets?