How do you solve $-11b + 7= 40$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-01T16:17:55

See a solution process below:

First, subtract $color(red)(7)$ from each side of the equation to isolate the $b$ term while keeping the equation balanced:

$-11b + 7 - color(red)(7) = 40 - color(red)(7)$

$-11b + 0 = 33$

$-11b = 33$

Now, divide each side of the equation by $color(red)(-11)$ to solve for $b$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$(-11b)/color(red)(-11) = 33/color(red)(-11)$

$(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(-11)))b)/cancel(color(red)(-11)) = -3$

$b = -3$

How do you solve -11b + 7= 40 -11b + 7= 40 ?