3 6
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Sure thing, honey. If a equals 8, then you just substitute that bad boy in for a in the expression a-2. So, 8-2 equals 6. Ta-da! Your answer is 6. Hope that clears things up for ya, sugar.
x=y-8 z=x+12
b2 - 7b - 6b = -4(-4)2 - 7(-4) - 6 = 16 +28 - 6 = 38
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-16
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find out what 6 squared equals. which is 6 x 6 and that equals 36
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42, because if there is nothing between the 7 and 'a' and 'a' equals 6 then the answer is 42.
The expression for this type of problem is 6 + (42 / 21). Then, evaluate that by the order of operations to obtain: 6 + 2 = 8