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Can soembody help me answer this please. PLEASE BE QUICK AND RIGHT !!!​

Can soembody help me answer this please. PLEASE BE QUICK AND RIGHT !!!​-example-1
User Owen Allen
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Answer:

Statement 1

Statement 4

Statement 7

Explanation:

(1) 7x + 4

(2) 3x + 5 + 4x - 1 = 7x + 4

The two are identical hence equivalent for all x

User YANG Lei
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Answer:

A, D, and G

Explanation:

Let's try each of the answer choices, one by one.

A) Plug x = 2 into each expression and see what we get.

7x + 4 = 7 * 2 + 4 = 14 + 4 = 18

3x + 5 + 4x - 1 = 3 * 2 + 5 + 4 * 2 - 1 = 6 + 5 + 8 - 1 = 18

Since they're both 18 when x = 2, A is true.

B) The statement says that the expressions are only equal for x = 4 and x = 8, but as we saw from A, they're also equal when x = 2, so B is wrong.

C) Let's try to find a counterexample for this by plugging in an odd number into each expression, like 1:

7x + 4 = 7 * 1 + 4 = 7 + 4 = 11

3x + 5 + 4x - 1 = 3 * 1 + 5 + 4 * 1 - 1 = 3 + 5 + 4 - 1 = 11

We see that these two expressions are equivalent when x = 1, which is an odd number, so this contradicts the statement that they're only equal when x is even. C is wrong.

D) Let's combine like terms for the expression 3x + 5 + 4x - 1:

3x + 4x + 5 - 1 = 7x + 4

Notice that this is the exact same expression as the first one, which is 7x + 4 so that means for any x, these two expressions will always be the same. D is thus true.

E) This is not true because it's possible that two expressions aren't equivalent but have the same value for a certain odd number and a certain even number. E is incorrect.

F) Obviously, if the two expressions are equivalent, they will give the same answer for any input of x, including when x = 0, so F is wrong.

G) Again, the two expressions will always be equal, including when x = 8, so this statement is true.

The answers are A, D, and G.

Hope this helps!

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