Five less than the product of 4 and a number is 9. use the variable b for the unknown number.

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Shalabh · Answer 1 · 2024-01-12T06:01:44+0000

"five less than the product of 4 and a number b is 9."

Let's break it down step-by-step.

Five less than - we're subtracting 5

the product of 4 and b => we're multiplying 4 times b, which gives us 4b.

this equals 9.

We get the following equation:

4b - 5 = 9

You can find b by adding 5 to both sides and then dividing by 4:

4b = 14

b = 14/4

b = 7/2