Hi there!
All you need to do to solve for a is add 1.6 to both sides of the equation.
It will look like this:
a - 1.6 + 1.6 = -3.7 + 1.6
After this you will see that a = -2.1.
Hope this helps!
When in doubt just replace a with -2.1 and see if you still get -3.7. :)
All you do is multiply 22 times 8 which is 176 then you multiply 8*4
The second answer from the top is correct. Your original choice is incorrect because the 7x and the 3 are not both being squared as the statement suggests.
As the only prime factor of denominator is
2
, in fact there are three twos (
2
×
2
×
2
) we can can convert the fraction
7
8
by multiplying numerator and denominator by
5
×
5
×
5
.
Hence,
7
8
=
7
×
5
×
5
×
5
8
×
5
×
5
×
5
=
875
1000
=
0.875
(This is always possible if only prime factors of denominator are
2
's and
5
's - just multiply by as many
5
's and
2
's).
