9 yards is about 8 meters
50 becacause there is 27 and you need to add it all together
PEMDAS states that the value in the parenthesis should be evaluated first:
4(5*6)
4(30)
After just multiply the value in the parenthesis by the number outside of the parenthesis:
120
First subtract 8.5 from both sides, then divide the -1.2 to get x by itself
x=1.5
