Can someone help me wit des two questions?
Which of the following choices correctly identifies the error in the solving process shown below?

4 - 2x = -2
+4 +4

2x = 2

2 2
x=6

A. The student should have simplified first, combining the terms on the left
B. The student should have subtracted the 4 first, instead of adding, because it is positive originally.
C. The student should have added better, -2 plus 4 is 6
D. The student should have divided by -2 first.

Choose the correct first step to solve this equation: 4x - 23 = -2(x + 17)

a.) Subtract 17
b.) Divide by 4
c.) Multiply both sides of the equation by -2
d.) Distribute the -2

The answer to the first question is B.) The student should have subtracted the 4 first, instead of adding, because it is positive originally. And the answer to the second one is D.) Distribute the -2.

Step-by-step explanation:

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stew reads at the fastest rate of 265 words per minute.

step-by-step explanation:

it's a given that felicia reads at 260 word per minute and on connie's graph we can see that she reads 200 words per minute. since stew's table tells us that he read 795 in 3 minutes, we can divide 795 by 3 to find out how many words he reads per minute.

795/3 = 265

stew reads 265 words per minute - he reads at the fastest rate since felecia reads at 260 words per minute and connie reads at 200 words per minute.

stew (265) > felecia (260) > connie (200)