Answer me: describe the relationship between the forty-niners and the gold rush

The California Gold Rush happened between 1848 and 1855, this was where many people went to California, as gold was found there. This was a chance to earn money and become rich, so a lot of people took that chance.

The people who would go to California in hopes of finding gold during the gold rush were called forty-niners. They were named this because many of them arrived in the year 1949, a lot of them even coming from other countries and leaving their families, in hopes of finding gold.

8 - (2a + 7) = a + 40     distribute/multiply - into (2a + 7)

8 - 2a - 7 = a + 40

1 - 2a = a + 40       add 2a on both sides

1 = 3a + 40         subtract 40 on both sides

-39 = 3a       divide 3 on both sides

-13 = a

[proof]

8 - (2a + 7) = a + 40

8 - (2(-13) + 7) = -13 + 40

8 - (-26 + 7) = 27

8 - (-19) = 27

8 + 19 = 27

27 = 27