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What is the equation -5-r=1+2r

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r=-2 because you can add the 5 to the one and that cancels out the -5 on the left, now your equation is -r=6+2r so you can subtract the 2r from both sides and that leaves you with -3r=6 all there is to do now is divide by -3 on both sides
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-5-r=1+2r


-r=1+2r+5


-r=2r+6


-r-2r=6


-3r=6
|\text{Isolate r}


r=-2
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