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The correct answer is B. The wealth and social status gave them access to European education in Enlightenment ideals.

Explanation

During the conquest and colony, the Criollos were a social class that occupied the second step because they were children of Spaniards (Europeans) born in America so they had a "high" social status. For this reason, they had access to European education that at the time was focused on the ideas of the Enlightenment that inspired the Creole revolutionaries to lead the revolution of the colonies in which they grew up and become independent from the Spanish Kingdom. The greatest example of this is Simón Bolívar, who traveled to Europe during his youth and after he arrived in America, he led the patriotic armies to achieve his independence. Therefore, the correct answer is B. Their wealth and social status gave them access to European education in Enlightenment ideals.

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