Answer:
a) x-4+9
b) x-2
For part b, I am not 100% sure about my answer, but I am sure about part a.
Answer:
Lavania observed 39 fruit flies after 6 days of observation
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x be the number of fruit flies on the first day of Lavania's study.
After 6 days she had nine more than five times as many fruit flies as when she began the study.
Five times as many fruit flies as when she began the study = 5x
Nine more than five times as many fruit flies as when she began the study=5x+9
The expression to find the population of fruit flies Lavania observed after 6 days is 5x+9
If she observes 20 fruit flies on the first day of the study, then x=6, then

Answer:
Carry
Step-by-step explanation:
Here let’s take any arbitrary value for the number of properties sold by Ellen.
Let the number of properties sold by Ellen he 10. We were told Andy sold twice of this, this means he sold 20 properties
Bob sold 3 more than Ellen, meaning he sold 13.
Carry sold twice of Bob meaning he sold 26
Dora sold the addition of Bob and Ellen = 13 + 10 = 23
Carry sold 26 and this makes him the highest seller.
They can take the 30 best abd remove the 20 worst, or remove the 20 best and send on the 39 worst.