In nuclear fission, an atom of uranium splits apart, releasing neutrons and lots of energy. One second later, the neutrons can hit other nearby uranium atoms, causing them to also split apart. If each uranium atom releases 3 neutrons, and each neutron splits up one uranium atom in a second, how many atoms will be split at 8 seconds?

2 equivalent expressions to represent the area of a rectangle and the top is n-3 and the side is 2

area of the rectangle = length * width

given length = n - 3

width = 2

replace it in the area

so area of the rectangle = (n-3) *2

= 2(n-3)

one of the expression is 2(n-3)

to get another expression we distribute 2 inside the parenthesis

2(n-3) is 2n - 6

so another expression is 2n - 6

two equivalent expression are

2(n - 3)   , 2n - 6

(x,y) it'll always be like that.

in this case x is grams and y is ounces.

if there were numbers there, like (5,3)

x would be 5 and y would be 3.