pat has no more then 20 sweets. she counts her sweets by twos she has one sweet left. then she counts by five. she has 2 left over. how many sweets could she have​

She can either have 7 sweets or 17 sweets.

Step-by-step explanation:

Variable x = number of sweets Pat has

x < 20

Counting by 5's (5, 10, 15) that will result in 2 left over (5 + 2, 10 + 2, and 15 + 2). This leaves 3 possible options as to how many sweets Pat has: 7, 12, and 17.

Counting by 2's (2, 4, 6 . . . 18) that will result in 1 left over (6 + 1, 10 + 1, 16 + 1) This leaves 2 possible options, given the other numbers from counting by 5's were eliminated.: 7 and 17.

my answer is$ 12

step-by-step explanation:

because 15 -2=12

the largest number of the four options is 1.8 x 10-2

you have it in scientific notation.

1.80 x 10-6   = 0.00000180

1.80 x 10-4   = 0.000180 (bigger, or "less small", than the former one)

so

1.8 x 10-2       = 0.0180. as you see. the "less small", or the biggest one of them all.

as you have negative exponent, it means you are dividing 1.8 by 100 (i.e. moving the dot towards left, two times).

if you had positive exponent for the scientific notation, power of tenths, you would be multiplying times 100 (moving the dot towards right) as below:

1.8 x (10)2 = 180

so. if you have negative exponent in scientific notation, move the dot toward left. if it is positive, toward right as many times the exponent tells you.