(! brainliest and 20pts! ) use examples from the lessons and your own personal experiences to compose at least one well-developed paragraph on the following: in a federal system of government (also known as a federation), the local and state governments share power with the central government, though the central government has final authority. explain how this is different from a unitary system of government.

In a unitary system of government, the central power has power over all its political subdivisions, and its subdivisions have no power to act on their own. However, in a federal system of government, the political subdivisions share the power, which means they have power to act on their own with permission from the central government. I would say that a federal system of government is more free, and a unitary system of government is more restricted. A personal experience I would compare this to is screen time. My father usually restricts everything on my phone, which would relate to a unitary government. But, sometimes, he doesn't restrict anything on my phone, but starts restricting if I go on my phone too much. This would relate to a federal system of government.

Explanation:

d) he bring down boss tweed and tammany hall.

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