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Equivalent expressions SAT question
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The given expression can be rewritten as , where is a constant. What is the value of ?
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The correct answer is . It's given that the expression can be rewritten as . Applying the distributive property to the expression yields . Therefore, can be rewritten as . It follows that in the expressions and , the coefficients of are equivalent, the coefficients of are equivalent, and the constant terms are equivalent. Therefore, , , and . Solving any of these equations for yields the value of . Dividing both sides of the equation by yields . Therefore, the value of is . Note that .09 and 9/100 are examples of ways to enter a correct answer.
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