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How do solve for 2b + 18 =12 how do you get the answer

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What times 2, plus 18, equals 12? Answer: -3. -3x2 = -6 -6+18=12. The answer: B=-3
User Oleg Razgulyaev
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You isolate the variable, b.
2b+18=12
-18 -18 subtract 18 from each side
2b=-6
/2 /2 divide by two to get one b
b=-3
User Lan Nguyen
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