When working on acid/base disorders, it helps to look systematically at the following: (1) pH (which sadly was not given in this problem), (2) figure out which problem is primary by looking at PaCO2 and bicarb, and (3) look for any compensation (which the question doesn't ask but still).

Here, we see that the CO2 is high on the ABG. This means that patient is hypoventilating since levels of CO2 are ventilation dependent, and also that patient has respiratory acidosis. Also, bicarb is low, which implies that it's being "soaked up" by metabolic acidosis.

i did the

(Hco3-)x1.5 +8 +-2

it should CO2 that is wat higher than compensation indicating mixed

another way is the ↑ ↓ way

Henderson-Hasselbach Equation: pH = 6.1 + log(HCO3 / (0.03 * PaCO2)); so here, pH = 6.92 => Acute (uncompensated) primary respiratory acidosis, with metabolic acidosis