Question

Mrs. Matthews came up with an expression. Holly and Jim wrote the expression in their notebooks in order to simplify the expression. They compared their expressions.

Holly's Notebook

Jim's Notebook


Holly's expression is equal to
, and Jim's expression is equal to
.

So,
's expression is
less than the other expression.

Answer 1

It looks like your message is incomplete. To provide a complete answer, I'll need the expressions that Holly and Jim wrote down in their notebooks. Once you provide those expressions, I can help determine which one is less than the other and by how much. Please share the expressions!