Negative exponents create the reciprocal of the original number:
2^2=4
2^-2=1/4
4^4=64
4^-4=1/64
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The first one would be the right one!
you just take all the y one side and the numbers on one side
so 8y+4= 6+3y
now 8y-3y= 6-4
therefore 5y = 2
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542(1+1/4)
542(4/4+1/4)
542(5/4)
677.5