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Consider the equation 5/3v + 4 + 1/3v = 8. What is the resulting equation after the first step in the solution?

Consider the equation 5/3v + 4 + 1/3v = 8. What is the resulting equation after the first step in the solution?
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Consider the equation 5/3v + 4 + 1/3v = 8. What is the resulting equation after the first step in the solution?

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collect like terms on the left and simplify
5/3 v + 4 + 1/3 v = 8
(5/3 + 1/3) V + 4 = 8
2v + 4 = 8
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You would combing like terms. In this case, it is 5/3v and 1/3v. So you would add them together to get 6/3v,or just 2 because 6 divided by 3 is 2. So now you have 2v+4=8.
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