How have the policies of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) affected the American economy?

The OPEC oil embargo was an event where the 12 countries that made up OPEC stopped selling oil to the United States. The embargo sent gas prices through the roof. Between 1973-1974, prices more than quadrupled. In response to the oil crisis, the United States took steps to become increasingly energy independent.

Explanation:

for this case we have the following equation:

we apply distributive property to the terms within parentheses.

subtracting 2 on both sides of the equation: