Question

What is 6(a+5)=8[a-(3-a)] ?
Please write the steps to help me understand

Answer 1

first you have to distribute to the parentheses to get 6a + 30=8a-24-8a simplify for 6a + 30 = -24 then - 30 on both sides to move it for 6a = -54 divide both by 6 to get a = 9