How do you solve $16 m + 3 5 = 3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-18T01:59:02

This problem is solved by isolating the variable, so that we determine that $m=-2$ .

Subtract $35$ from both sides. This gets the $16$ m by itself. It is necessary to perform this operation on both sides to maintain the balance of the equation.
$16m+35-35=3-35$
Divide both sides by $16$ . This gets the $m$ by itself. Again, it is necessary to perform this on both sides so that the equation stays balanced.
$(16m)/16=(3-35)/16$
Simplify.
$m=-2$

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