Read the articles, "Archeology and Artifacts," from National Geographic, and "Shabti Dolls: The Workforce of The Afterlife," by Joshua J. Mark In a well-developed essay, discuss the importance of archeological studies of artifacts and what we learn from the Shabti dolls about ancient Egyptians’ beliefs about the afterlife. Be sure to use evidence from both texts to support your claim

simplify brackets

8 - 2a - 7 = a + 40

simplify 8 - 2a - 7 to -2a + 1

-2a + 1 = a + 40

add 2a to both sides

1 = a + 40 + 2a

simplify a + 40 + 2a to 3a + 40

1 = 3a + 40

subtract 40 from both sides

1 - 40 = 3a

simplify 1 - 40 o -39

-39 = 3a

divide both sides by 3

-39/3 = a

simplify 39/3 to 13

-13 = a

switch sides

a = -13

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”

protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in the new territories.

what's the passage bud?