First you would have to plug in the numbers for X and Y When you do that, your equation would look like this: 1/3(3)^3+5.2(2) You would then solve the problem by using PEMA (parentheses, exponents, multiplication and/or division, addition and/or subtraction, from left to right) Since there are no parentheses to solve for, you would start with the exponent, so it would look a little something like this: 3^3=27, since it's 3x3x3 The problem would then look like this: 1/3(27)+5.2(2) You would then do 5.2 times 2, which is 10.4 1/3(27)+10 Then you would do 1/3 times 27, which is 3 Then you just add 3 and 10.4 together 3+10.4=13.4 So the value of the equation is 13.4
