Matt gives half of his books to the local library and kept the other half. his best friend gives him 3 more books. he now has 57 books. how many did he have to start.
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Ben is three times as old as samantha, who is two years older than half of michel's age. if michel is 12. how old is ben?

Questions 9-10. use the table of educational expenditures to answer the questions. k-12 education expenditures population indiana $9.97 billion 6.6 million illinois $28.54 billion 12.9 million kentucky $6.58 billion 4.4 million michigan $16.85 billion 9.9 million ohio $20.23 billion 11.6million 9. if the amount of k-12 education expenses in indiana were proportional to those in ohio, what would have been the expected value of k-12 expenditures in indiana? (give the answer in billions rounded to the nearest hundredth) 10. use the value of k-12 education expenditures in michigan as a proportion of the population in michigan to estimate what the value of k-12 education expenses would be in illinois. a) find the expected value of k-12 expenditures in illinois if illinois were proportional to michigan. (give the answer in billions rounded to the nearest hundredth) b) how does this compare to the actual value for k-12 expenditures in illinois? (lower, higher, same? )

Which expressions equal 9 when x=4 and y=1/3 a. x2+6y b. 2x + 3y c. y2-21x d. 5 (x/2) -3y e. 3x-9y