What do the parentheses indicate in the following expression 12*3(4-2)+8

Lance lived in portugal and brazil for a total of 14 months to learn portuguese. he learned an average of 130 new words per month when he lived in portugal, and an average of 150 new words per month when he lived in brazil. in total he learned 1920 new words. write a system of equations to represent the situation. use x to represent portugal, and y to represent brazil

Awater holding tank measures 105 m long, 50 m wide, and 8 m deep. traces of mercury have been found in the tank, with a concen- tration of 60 mg/l. what is the total mass of mercury in the tank? answer in units of kg.

Alina fully simplifies this polynomial and then writes it in standard form. xy2 – 2x2y + 3y3 – 6x2y + 4xy2 if alina wrote the last term as 3y3, which must be the first term of her polynomial in standard form? xy2 5xy2 –8x2y –2x2y