Answer:
try dividing the dividend and then multiplying it by the center number
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
-5+2(10b-2)=31
Expand brackets.
-5+20b-4=31
-9+20b=31
Add 9 on both sides.
20b=40
Divide both sides by 20
b=2
25 times a letter Y = a number 5