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Can You please answer -7b -3 = 3b+ 5 ? Is there one answer to it?

User Yagnesh
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Answer:


b= -(4)/(5)

Explanation:


-7b - 3 = 3b + 5


-10b = 8


(-10b)/(-10) = (8)/(-10)


b = -(4)/(5)

User Jozef Chocholacek
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Answer:

b = -4/5

Explanation:

Alright, let's look at this.

-7b - 3 = 3b + 5.

To isolate the variable, we can subtract 3b from both sides to get:

-10b - 3 = 5

Now, we can add 3 to both sides!

-10b = 5 + 3 = 8

So, our resulting equation is

-10b = 8

To isolate the variable by itself (without the pesky -10 bothering us), we can divide the equation by -10 :)

b = -8/10, simplified to -4/5

I don't believe there is more than one solution to this!

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