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74=2b+5

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All you have to do is isolate b on the right side. Here is how you do it:

74=2b+5

First subtract 5 from each side

74-5=2b+5-5

Now simplify

69=2b

Now to get b by itself, divide both sides by 2

69/2= 2b/2

Now simplify:

34.5=b

To check, plug it in to the original equation:

74= 2(34.5)+5

74=74

User Jared Egan
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what is suppoesed to be solved

the letter b?

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