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FILL THE BLANK WITH YOUR CHOICE. WHERE IS THE ERROR OR MISTAKE ?

Equation: 2(w + 3) = 36

step 1 - 2w + 6 = 36

step 2 - 2w = 30

step 3 - w = 1.5 THE ERROR IS ON STEP NUMBER .

THE CORRECT VALUE FOR W IS .

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15 and the error is on step 3

Reasoning:
I’m not certain how they got 1.5 but you basically divide both sides by two, the 2 would be canceled and you would be left with w, divide 30 by 2 and you get w=15, sorry i suck at explaining
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