Pls help me i will make u brainest Lara is playing a video game where she hunts for treasure, like these gems:

A sapphire is worth 5 gold coins, and a ruby is worth 8 gold coins.

On her last hunt, Lara found 17 gems, all either rubies or sapphires, and sold them for 100 coins. How many sapphires did she find?

they are simplified

step-by-step explanation:

explanation:

step-by-step explanation:

given the equation is 8+9z=-6, the first step would be to subtract the 8 from both sides:

8+9z-8=-6-8

since 8 minus 8 = 0, this would cancel out the 8. and since -6 minus 8 equals -14, the equation would look like this

9z = -14

the correct answer is c) 2.