38) -first you have to subtract 4-2=2 -then solve for 2^5=32 -subtract 32-20=12 -and finally multiply 12*3=36 40) -you have to solve for the numerator and denominator first -the denominator is simple because you just have to do 2^3 which is 8 -to solve for the numerator you have to do what's in the parentheses first (3^4-7^2) which gives you 32 -the equation you should have now is 22+1^3+32 all divided by 8 -1^3 just equals 1and then you just solve for the numerator -to solve for the numerator you have to add 22+1+32 which gives you 55 as the numerator -since 55 cannot be divided by 8, your answer will be 55/8 or 6.875 42) -first you have to solve for the parentheses in the brackets so solve for (67-2^6) which equals to 3 -now your numerator should look like this: 2[8+(3)^3] -you have to solve for 3^3 which is 27 -now you solve what you have left in the brackets [8+27] =35 -multiply 2*35 which gives you 70 -70 cannot be divided by 9 so your answer is 70/9 or 7.777777778
