Answer: a = -5
Step-by-step explanation:
First, open up the brackets, and solve it
-12a -42 = -22 -8a. (-6 x 2a, and -6 x 7)
bring the -8a to the left side, so that all the a’s are together
-12a -42 + 8a = -22 (add -42 on both sides like we did with -8a)
-12a + 8a = -22 + 42
solve
-4a = 20
divide -4 on both sides
a = -5
This would be 5^2 because you have to subtract the exponents.
Answer:
r=3
Step-by-step explanation:
3(r - 7) = 4(2 - 2r) + 4
Distribute
3r -21 = 8 -8r +4
Combine like terms
3r -21 = 12 -8r
Add 8r to each side
3r +8r-21 = 12 -8r+8r
11r -21 = 12
Add 21 to each side
11r -21+21 =12+21
11r = 33
Divide each side by 11
11r/11 = 33/11
r = 3
450 is the answer for the questions
