Y=(-8x-4)^(1/3) y=(x)^(1/3) y=a*(b(x-c))^(1/3))+d In this equation, a is equal to one and d is equal to 0, so the equation is reduced to y=(b(x-c))^(1/3). Here, you can see that the b value is equal to -8, which would leave a c value of (-1/2) according to the equation. This would mean that the transformations from y=x^(1/3) to the equation in the problem would include: a horizontal shift of -1/2, or to the left of the y-axis by .5 units, a reflection across the x-axis, due to the negative b value, and the b value of 8, ignoring the sign due to that demonstrating the reflection, would mean that it is horizontally compressed by 1/8.
Let the attendees in opposition be x. This means that the attendees in favour are x+6. That means x+x+6=42, which is 2x+6=42, so 2x=36 and x=18. Therefore, there are 18 attendees who opposed it.
