3. Analyze Compare Wheatley's description of her enslavement and captivity in both of her poems, especially in lines 20-31 of “To the Right Honourable William " How
might her purpose shape her description in each cases?

nativists tried to get rid of the immigrants as they thought they were going to ruin the u.s.  

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

b: the exchange of coined money