<span>8 - 2b = -2/3(12b + 6)
8 - 2b = -8b -4
8 + 4 = -8b + 2b
12 = -6b
b = -12/6
b = -2
So, your final answer is b = -2</span>
5'-11" + 5'-6" + 5'-9" [add feet, then add inches]
= 15'+(11+6+9)"=15'+26"=15'+2'+2"
=17'-2"
Please note that dilation does not affect angles. Thus, if an image is dilated the angle remains the same and does not change.
Therefore, even if 
is dilated to 
by a factor of 1.5 (or by any factor for that matter), the linear dimensions of the original triangle will either get stretched or get shrunk by a factor of 1.5 but the angles of the original triangle will not be affected in any case.
Please note that this is true for all two dimensional geometric shapes.
Only the first one works
y = 3(-1)-2 = -5
y = -(0) -6 = -6 not -2
This is a substitution problem...
