Question #b1d22
3 Answers
Find the number that makes the statement true
Explanation:
As there is no formatting, the question is a bit ambiguous.
If it is to be read as
Compare both fractions,
After comparing both fractions I saw that
so
Explanation:
We have to solve the equation for b so we need to isolate it so that b equals something. Starting with:
fist we subtract 2 from both sides:
now we convert that two into a fraction with 9 as the denominator:
subtract the fractions from each other:
multiply both sides by
multiply both sides by 9:
divide both sides by 16:
divide top and bottom of the left side by 4:
and finally we multiply both sides by -1 so we can get a positive
Explanation:
In an equation with fractions, you can get rid of the denominators immediately by multiplying each fraction by the LCD.
This leaves us with an equation without fractions: