3y - y + 8 - 2 = 20
3y - y = 2y
8 - 2 = 6
2y + 6 = 20
2y = 20 - 6
y = 10 - 3
the answer is: y = 7
Step-by-step explanation:

Yes.
1467-776=691
Which means 776 believed the country was protected and 691 believed the country wasn't.
Is that the exact question? because the last part doesn't really make sense to me
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Take the natural log of both sides
ln(2^x)=ln(.125)
Xln(2)=ln(.125)
X=ln(.125)/ln(2)
X=-3
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE:
You know that 0.125 is equal to 1/8
And 1/2^3 is also equal to 1/8
So since you need the reciprocal to match it the exponent is a negative