{"id":274304,"date":"2025-07-28T07:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T07:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=274304"},"modified":"2025-07-28T07:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T07:41:12","slug":"9-8n-9p-9-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/28\/9-8n-9p-9-9\/","title":{"rendered":"9.8n &#8211; (9p + 9.9)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>9.8n &#8211; (9p + 9.9)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The expression provided is:<br><strong>9.8n &#8211; (9p + 9.9)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Distribute the negative sign<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Distribute the negative sign across the terms inside the parentheses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9.8n &#8211; 9p &#8211; 9.9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Simplification<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After distributing the negative sign, there are no like terms to combine further. The expression is already simplified as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9.8n &#8211; 9p &#8211; 9.9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a linear expression in terms of two variables: <strong>n<\/strong> and <strong>p<\/strong>. The variable <strong>n<\/strong> is multiplied by 9.8, and <strong>p<\/strong> is multiplied by 9. A constant, <strong>-9.9<\/strong>, is added to the expression. The structure of this equation is typical for algebraic expressions where each term represents either a variable multiplied by a constant or a constant on its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>9.8n<\/strong> represents the term where the variable <strong>n<\/strong> is scaled by the coefficient 9.8.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>-9p<\/strong> represents the term where the variable <strong>p<\/strong> is scaled by the coefficient -9.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>-9.9<\/strong> is a constant term that is not associated with any variable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In such expressions, each term affects the overall value of the expression depending on the values assigned to <strong>n<\/strong> and <strong>p<\/strong>. This type of expression can be used in various scenarios, such as equations in economics, physics, or even when modeling relationships between different quantities. For example, it could represent a formula for calculating some quantity, where <strong>n<\/strong> and <strong>p<\/strong> are known variables, and the goal is to find the value of the entire expression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9.8n &#8211; (9p + 9.9) The correct answer and explanation is: The expression provided is:9.8n &#8211; (9p + 9.9). Step 1: Distribute the negative sign Distribute the negative sign across the terms inside the parentheses: 9.8n &#8211; 9p &#8211; 9.9. Step 2: Simplification After distributing the negative sign, there are no like terms to combine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}