An athlete took forward and backward steps of equal distance to warm up before his race. After taking 10 steps total, he was back at his starting position. How many steps did the athlete take in the forward and backward directions?

Which transformations could have occurred to map △abc to △a"b"c"? a rotation and a reflection a translation and a dilation a reflection and a dilation a dilation and a rotation

Simonne used the following steps to simplify the given expression. 12 - 3(-2x + 4) step 1: 12 + (–3)·(–2x) + (–3)·(4) step 2: 12 + 6x + (–12) step 3: 12 + (–12) + 6x step 4: 0 + 6x step 5: 6x what property of real numbers was used to transition from step 3 to step 4? a. identity property of addition b. inverse property of addition c. associative property of addition d. commutative property of addition

Ben is three times as old as samantha, who is two years older than half of michel's age. if michel is 12. how old is ben?