How do you solve $0.5 m + 17.6 = 5$ $0.5m+17.6=5$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-24T13:25:50

See the entire solution process below:

Step 1) subtract $17.6$ $color(red)(17.6)$ from each side of the equation to isolate the $m$ $m$ term while keeping the equation balanced:

$0.5 m + 1.76 - 17.6 = 5 - 17.6$ $0.5m + 1.76 - color(red)(17.6) = 5 - color(red)(17.6)$

$0.5 m + 0 = - 12.6$ $0.5m + 0 = -12.6$

$0.5 m = - 12.6$ $0.5m = -12.6$

Step 2) Divide each side of the equation by $0.5$ $color(red)(0.5)$ to solve for $m$ $m$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$\frac{0.5 m}{0.5} = - \frac{12.6}{0.5}$ $(0.5m)/color(red)(0.5) = -12.6/color(red)(0.5)$

$(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(0.5)))m)/cancel(color(red)(0.5)) = -25.2$

$m = -25.2$

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