[txshopper73]

Originally Posted by Lacy's Mom

I can't think of a single equation for the first one. It seems like you would need two parts such as:

(32 - 24) = .60x *
(32-24) divided by .60 = x (changed .60 sides so did the opposite)
8 divided by .60 = x
13.333333 = x

* you would need parenthesis here to follow the rules of order (P,E,M,D,A,S)
Please (paren) Excuse (eponents) My (multi) Dear (div) Aunt (add) Sally (sub)

Then,

x plus 300 = y
13.33333 plus 300 = y
313.33333 = y

The exponent problem I don't see any way to simplify the equation since the bases are different.

10^8 - 5^4 = X
100,000,000 - 625 = 99,999,375

Holy moses! I'm so lost!!!!!