Joseph and his younger brother, Ryan, are taking a backpacking trip and must pack a total of 12 gallons of water. Ryan will carry 4 less than half the number of gallons Joseph will carry. Let x be the number of gallons Joseph carries and let y be the number of gallons Ryan carries​

For the equations below which statement is true ?

What can each term of the equation be multiplied by to eliminate the fractions before solving? x – + 2x = + x 2 6 10 12

Nick has box brads. he uses 4 brads for the first project. nick let’s b represent the original number of brads and finds that for the second project, the number of brads he uses is 8 more than half the difference of b and 4. write an expression to represent the number of brads he uses for the second project.