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What is the value of x in the equation 6(x + 1) – 5x = 8 + 2(x – 1)?

Find and simplify an expression for the area of five rows of x squares with side lengths of x centimeters.

David estimated he had about 20 fish in his pond. a year later, there were about 1.5 times as many fish. the year after that, the number of fish increased by a factor of 1.5 again. the number of fish is modeled by f(x)=20(1.5)^x. create a question you could ask that could be answered only by graphing or using a logarithm.