Represent the following sentence as an algebraic expression, where "a number" is the letter x. You do not need to simplify. Five times the difference of a number and 3. PLEASE HELP WITH STEPS DUE VERY SOON

Jane moves from a house with 71 square feet of closet space to an apartment with 45.44 square feet of closet space. what is the percentage decrease of jane’s closet space?

26) -2(7x) = (-2 • 7) x a. associative property of addition b. associative property of multiplication c. commutative property of multiplication d. commutative property of addition

Adecibel is a logarithmic unit that can be used to measure the intensity of a sound. the function y = 10logx gives the intensity of a sound in decibels, where x is the ratio of the intensity of the sound to a reference intensity. the reference intensity is generally set at the threshold of hearing. use the graphing utility to graph the decibel function. a whisper has a sound intensity of 30 decibels. use your graph to you complete the following statement. the sound intensity of a whisper is times the reference intensity.