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3(m+7)=6(m+2) what is m equal to?

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Answer:

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3(m+7)=6(m+2) what is m equal to?-example-1
User James Nicholson
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STEPS:

1. Start my distributing through the parentheses on each side

of the equation to get 3m + 21 = 6m + 12.

2. Now move your m's to the right and numbers to the left

and you get 9 = 3m.

3. Divide both sides by 3 and 3 = m.

Work is attached.

3(m+7)=6(m+2) what is m equal to?-example-1
User Tan Nguyen
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