Question

Az + 17 = -4z - b What is z?

Answer 1

To solve Az + 17 = -4z - b for z, we begin by combining like terms. We get:

Az + 4z = -b - 17, or z(A+4) = -(b+17).

Dividing both sides by (A+4), we get:

-(b+17)

z = --------------

A+4