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-16a+2b=42 solve for b

User Arkanosis
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Answer:

-16a+2b=42

2b=42+16a

b=42+16a

²

b=21+8a

User Ryan Amies
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Answer:

b = 21 +8a

Explanation:

We can dive both sides by 2 to get:

-8a + b = 21

Then bring at 8a to both sides to get

b = 21+8a

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