Help please thank you!
I'm doing this problem and it states 157^{2} in. - 9^{2} in. = 48^{2} in.
Does that make sense? I don't understand it.

The equation is not true.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find if the equation is true, (if one side equals the other), first simplify by removing the inches:

Now simplify the exponents:

Simplify subtraction:

The statement is not true because 24,568 does not equal 2,304.

Finito.

x = 17

step-by-step explanation:

1st step: isolate x.

24 - 3x = -27

-24         -24

-3x   =   -51

2nd step: divide.

-3x     =   -51

  3             3

  x       =     17

hope this