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8.2m-6=m

9. Alyssa thinks that the solution to 8x=16 is 8. Why is she incorrect? What would the solution be and why?

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Alyssa is incorrect because it would be 6. Ps please answer my questions I will reward the correct response with brain and points.
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Answer:

8. m=6

9. x=2; Alyssa is incorrect because she subtracted 8 from 16 when in reality she should have divided 16 by 8 to get 2. The real solution is 2 because 8 times 2 is equal to 16.

Explanation:

Question 8:

2m-6=m

-2m -2m (subtract 2m from both sides)

-6=-m

- - (divide both sides by the negative)

m=6

Question 9:

8x=16 (divide both sides of the equation by 8)

8 8

x=2

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