Monica and veronica are making strawberry pineapple smoothies. for every 112 cups of strawberries, they use 34 cups of pineapple. monica and veronica have already put 1 cup of pineapple into the blender. the girls cannot agree how many cups of strawberries to add to the blender to keep the same ratio, so they each did some work to determine the number of cups of strawberries necessary for the smoothie

Desmond wants to sell his car that he paid $8,000 for 2 years ago. the car depreciated, or decreased in value, at a constant rate each month over a 2-year period. if x represents the monthly depreciation amount, which expression shows how much desmond can sell his car for today? 8,000 + 24x 8,000 - 24x 8,000 + 2x 8,000 - 2xdesmond wants to sell his car that he paid $8,000 for 2 years ago. the car depreciated, or decreased in value, at a constant rate each month over a 2-year period. if x represents the monthly depreciation amount, which expression shows how much desmond can sell his car for today? 8,000 + 24x 8,000 - 24x 8,000 + 2x 8,000 - 2x