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Solve!the!following!equations.!!

Now, summarize your

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Combine like-terms
if possible!

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Write!an!equation!for!the!function!described.!!
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The!output!of!a!function!is!8!more!than!3!times!the!
input.!Find!the!input!when!the!output!is!<1.!!

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Practice 3.2
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Application And Extension

Solve the following equations for the unknown variable:
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6 = ! ! 3

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2g - 13 = 3

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3.!!!!!!!!Suppose!the!length!of!a!rectangle!is!2x!+!1!and!the!width!is!3x!<!2.!Find!the!value!of!x!if!the!perimeter!is!
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The!Mr.!Brust!Dance!School!of!Fine!Ballet!charges!$24!per!class!and!a!one<time!registration!fee!$150.!
A!student!paid!a!total!of!$822!dollars.!Find!the!number!classes!the!student!took.!

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Quick Review

Dzerkacz likes to go grocery shopping at a new grocery store called Wegmans. Unlike at normal
5.!! Mr.Shopping!in!Germany!Mr.!Kelly!likes!to!shop!at!the!German!grocery!store!Wasgau.!Unlike!at!the!
grocery
stores, customers usually bring their own bags to carry groceries home. If you forget, however, you
commissary,!costumers!usually!bring!their!own!bags!to!carry!their!groceries!home.!If!you!forget,!
canhowever,!you!can!purchase!a!bag!for!0.15.!Suppose!Mr.!Kelly!buys!83!Kinder<Eggs!and!4!bags!to!carry!
purchase a bag for $0.15. Suppose Mr. Dzerkacz buys 83 apples and 4 bags to carry them home. Mr.
Dzerkacz
pays with two 20 dollar bills and receives $2.05 back in change. Write an equation to find the cost
them!home.!Mr.!Kelly!pays!with!two&206Euro&bills&and!receives!2.05!back!in!change.!Write!an!equation!
of each apple. Then, solve your equation!
to!find!the!cost!of!each!KinderEgg.!Then,!solve!your!equation!!

1. Multiply:
4 5

5 2

2. Evaluate if x = -3 and y = -1
3x - y

3. Simplify:
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Coming Up

3. Plot (3, -2)

1. Distribute:
-6(-x - 1)

2. Simplify:
-2x - y - 3x + y