Simplify the expression:
5q+–8q

The standard distance between studs in a house is 1.5 feet. if you have a set of blueprints for a house that mark every 1.5 feet with 2 in., by how many inches will a 13-foot wall be represented?

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You are standing next to a really big circular lake. you want to measure the diameter of the lake, but you don't want to have to swim across with a measuring tape! you decide to walk around the perimeter of the lake and measure its circumference, and find that it's 400\pi\text{ m}400? m. what is the diameter dd of the lake?