Remember you can do anything to an equation as long as you do it to both sides
8-(3+b)=b-9
remember the distributive property
a(b+c)=ab+ac
distribute that invisible -1
-(3+b)=-1(3+b)=-1(3)-1(b)=-3-b
8-3-b=b-9
add like terms
5-b=b-9
add b to both sides
5=2b-9
add 9 to both sides
14=2b
divide both sides by 2
7=b
b=7
In this equation q is equal to 1
STEPS:
-8q+6+3q-3 (original equation)
-3q+3 (combine like terms)
3q=3 (move -3q to the other side so you can divide to get what q is. When you move it over to the other side it becomes positive)
q=1 (divided)
4 or 4/1 would be the slope
<span>2r + 3s= 9 <=> -6r -9s = -27;</span>
<span>3r + 2s= 12 <=> 6r + 4s = 24;
=> 0*r -5*s = -3 => s = 3/5;
2*r + 3*(3/5) = 9<=> 10*r + 9 = 45 <=> 10*r = 36 => r = 18/5;
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