Without rounding, I make it six. You could do it this way
54527/5^6 comes to a little over 3. That should be close enough. I'm going to check this by doing the divisions. I could let the computer do it, but I'd like to see if there's a pattern. There isn't and the correct answer is
6 <<<< divisions.
12x - 18 - 4x -2
12x - 4x = 8x (yours 12x - 4x = 8)
-18 - 2 = -20 (yours -18 -1 = 17)
answer:
8x - 20
I got 6.3 not sure if Im right
