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Help please !! Solve -1.6r+5= -7.8

User Bolino
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subtract 5 from both sides. -1.6r=-5 divide both sides by-1.6. r=-5/-1.6 simp;ify-5/1.6 to 3.125. r =3.125

User Dvancouver
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Answer: r=8

Step-by-step explanation: -1.6r+5=-7.8

-16/10r+5=-78/10

-2^4/2.5r+5= -2X3X13/5

-2^3/5r+5= - 3X13/5

(-8r)+25/5=-3X13/5

=8 so r=8

User Zakria Khan
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