We need to get x alone, to do that we add 1 to both sides to cancel out the -1 on the right.
-4 = x -1
+1 +1
-3=x
This means x is equal to -3. Hope this helps!
For this case we have the following expression:
We multiply both sides by: 
We divide both sides by 216:
To divide powers of the same base, we place the same base and subtract the exponents:
Rewriting:
To multiply powers of the same base, we place the same base and add the exponents:
We know that any number raised to zero is 1, 
So, for equality to be true:
Answer:
3ab...when a = 2 and b = 3
(3)(2)(3) = 6(3) = 18
You can set up a system of equations with x being the smaller number and y being the larger number. So the first equation would be 2y=5x-14 and the second equation would be x=y-2. You can solve by substitution and substitute y-2 into the x in the first equation to get 2y=5(y-2)-14. You can solve this out and it ends up simplifying to y=8. So you know the larger number is 8. So since the larger number is 8 and they are consecutive even integers, the smaller number must be 6. So the two numbers would be 6 and 8.
