Add the exponents if the bases are the same, multiply the bases if the exponents are the same, if nothing is the same just solve it.
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3) Brett arrives 2 hours later than Lionel.
That is the correct answer.
(Sorry, I misinterprated the question before.)
4/6 = x + 3/ 12 - x
4( 12 - x) = 6( x + 3)
48 - 4x = 6x + 18
-4x - 6x = 18 - 48
- 10x = -30
x = 3