Osas is going on a 8-day activity holiday. Each day he can choose one of the water sports: swimming or fishing, or land-based sports. He never does different water sports on consecutive days. He also wants to try all three options on at least one day of his holiday. How many different schedules are possible?

your answer is 23/2 - 13.5

step-by-step explanation:

7/2 evaluates to

multiply x and 4.5

multiply x and 1

the x just gets copied along.

the answer is x

x

4.5*x evaluates to 4.5x

multiply 3 and 4.5x

multiply 1 and x

the x just gets copied along.

x

4.5*x*3 evaluates to 13.5x

7/2-4.5*x*3 evaluates to

  + 8 =

the answer is

7/2-4.5*x*3+8 evaluates to

step-by-step explanation: