a=5 b=5 C=1 ry First I wanted to insert the exponents using the first 5 letters in my name, month & day of birth date. x= 5+5=10 y=first 5 letters in my first name x & y both are only 1, day I was born. Outside the parentheses is an exponent 5, month I was born To solve a linear equation, we first must use the substitution method to isolate the value of one variable from the equation. (a 10-125-1)5 Subtracting the denominator exponents with the numerator. x & y only equal 1 I simplified the equation by leaving the outer exponent alone since its assigned outside of the parentheses. (29) " (34) " To make this equation look cleaner | separated x & y adding its own exponent of 5 to each variable. (a3x514x5 ) Each exponent needs to be multiplied by 5, shown in the above equation. 245 7 20