James took two math tests. he scored 86 points on the second test. this was 18 points higher than his score on the first test. write and solve an equation to find the score james received on the first test. show that your answer is reasonable

Trent wants to buy 2 packs of trading cards for 3 dollars each. the trading card packs that trent normally buys tend to come in packs of 6, 10, 12, or 15 cards. after selecting 2 packs, trent found that the first pack of cards cost 25 cents per card, and the second pack cost 30 cents per card. trent uses this information to write the equations below in order to compare c, the number of cards in each pack.

Write 5(6x+4)-2(5x-2) in the form a(bx+c) where a, b and c integers and a> 1

What is the value for this expression? 2e-5