How do you solve $3(8 - 3t) = 5(2 + t)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-05-24T17:12:42

$t=1$

Use the distributive property to distribute the 3 on the left side of the equation and the 5 on the right side of the equation.

$24-9t=10+5t$

Using Algebra, let's subtract $5t$ from both sides of the equation.

$24-14t=10$

Now, let's subtract 24 from both sides of the equation.

$-14t=-14$

Finally, let's divide both sides of the equation by $-14$ .

$t=1$

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