Represent the following sentence as an algebraic expression, where "a number" is the letter x. number is decreased by 2.

The sum of the ages of ruth and her mother is 77 years. the difference in their ages is 27 years. how old is each?

Ashley works at an electronics store. She is paid 15% of the sales price of the items she sells in addition to her $120 weekly salary. How can Ashley use the value of her weekly sales total to calculate how much money she will earn that week?

A customer wants to tip 15% on a restaurant bill that is $35. what will be th amount of tip? what is the total bill?

What is - x - 11 + 3x - 23 = - 2 A = 16 B = 18 C = - 18 D = - 16

The ages of 3 brothers are consecutive even integers. Three times the age of the youngest brother exceeds the oldest brother's age by 48 years. What is the age of the younger brother? A. 14 B. 18 C. 22 D. 26

A box contains 6 red and 5 blue marbles. Another box contains 5 red and 8 blue marbles. One box is selected at random and from that bag, one marble is drawn. What is the probability that the marble drawn is blue?

What is 6804 dived by 6.5?

What is the squqre root of 10375

Explain how to solve: -3 1/2 B + 2/3 = 5 1/4 + 5/6 B

How is 9/5 expressed as the sum of a whole number and fraction