So I'm guessing that the x2 is your way of saying 2 is the exponent right? In that case the equation would be 8x^2 + 12x Well you would have to pull out the gcf which in this case will be 4x after pulling out the gcf you should get 4x(2x + 3)
Steps: 1. Do a proportion 8000 pounds/4 tons= 7000 pounds/ x 2. Do 7,000 times 4 which equals 28,000 3. Do 28,000 divided by 8,000 4. Your answer is 3.5 tons
