Answer: In your problem you will have to combine liked terms, and you can't combine non-like terms. After you combine your liked terms you will get your answer.
<u>Let's solve this problem step-by-step</u>
<u>Let's set</u>:
2x + 6y = 36 -- equation 1
x + 4y = 20 -- equation 2
(equation 2) * 2
2x + 8y = 40 -- equation 3
(equation 3) - (equation 1)
2y = 4
y = 2 -- equation 4
Plug (equation 4)'s value of y into (equation 2)
x + 4(2) = 20
x = 20 - 8
x = 12
<u>Thus x = 12 and y = 2</u>
<u>Let's check, by substituting these values</u>

<u>Answer: x = 12 and y = 2</u>
Hope that helps!
I'm pretty sure the answer is 15 base-ten blocks
3^(4x) = 3^(5 - x)
4x = 5 - x
4x + x = 5
5x = 5
x = 5/5 = 1
x = 1
The answer to this is question is gonna be True!