Which line from the riddle of the rosetta stone best illustrates the author’s purpose in printing excerpts from the decree inscribed on the rosetta stone? it took more than a hundred years, and the efforts of many scholars, to translate all three passages new translations of the hieroglyphic text were made in france and germany present-day experts hope that an even more complete copy of the hieroglyphic inscription may yet be found they give a sense of its content and the style in which it was written

east-west schism. the greatest effect of the east-west schism was the creation of two separate churches that had previously been unified under one church, the eastern orthodox church and the roman catholic church.

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