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Help pls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Help pls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1-example-1
User Wimagguc
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Answer:

b=1/5 so basically b=1

Explanation:

-10b--16b+3b-17b=-8

Add similar elements

-10b-16b+3b-17b=-40b

-40b=-8

Divide both sides by -40

-40b/-40=-8/-40

Simplify;

40b/40

=b

Simplify;

-8/-40

=8/40

Cancel the common factor 8

b=1/5

Hope this helped!!!!

User Gianluca Micchi
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the answer would be b=1