Together, these maps prove that a. county-level votes for a state have no relationship to the candidate whom the electors of the state select b. a state’s electoral votes go to the candidate who wins the popular vote in the majority of the state’s counties c. the winner of the popular vote in the state’s largest county will be selected as winner by the state electoral votes d. winning the electoral votes from one state does not mean that a candidate won all the popular votes from the state

D. winning the electoral votes from one state does not mean that a candidate won all the popular votes from the state

Explanation:

As you can see in California, Oregon, and Washington, the map of the popular vote is mostly Red, and nontheless the map of the electoral vote shows a strong blue in the whole West coast area, as well as in the north-east bay of the States, there isn´t a clear winner but it shows mostly red, but in reality the electoral vote shows a definitive blue. It can happen often that the popular vote doesn´t match the electoral vote, because of the districts won by the candidates.

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