Question

4(q-5) = 16 help pleaseee

Answer 1

Answer:

$4\left(q-5\right)=16\\\\\frac{4\left(q-5\right)}{4}=\frac{16}{4}\\\\q-5=4\\\\q-5+5=4+5\\\\q=9$

hope this helps you

Answer 2

Answer:

q = 9

Step-by-step explanation:

the key thing to understand in this problem is the distributive property. which basically means we can muliply what's on the interior of the parenthestes ( in this case q-5) by what's on the outside (4).

so 4 will distrubute to both the q and the -5

4q - 20 = 16

add 20 to both sides

4q = 36

divide both sides by 4

q = 9