You are going on a hike. The map at the right shows the trails you plan to follow. Each unit represents 1 mile.) You hike from the lodge to point A to the lodge at point B. What is the total distance of your hike?

I’m not gonna do that

Remember, you can do anything to an equation as long as you do it to both sidesminus 36 from both sides4.5(8-x)=66-2.5(3x+24)distribute36-4.5x=66-7.5x-60add like terms36-4.5x=-7.5x+6add 7.5x to both sides36+3x=6minus 36 from both sides3x=-30divide both sides by 3x=-10