How do you solve $8( - 4m + 3) = 20$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-28T12:43:05

To solve this problem first multiple by 8 across the expression in parenthesis to get:

$-32m + 24 = 20$

Then subtract 24 from each side to get:

$-32m = -4$

Then divide by -32 on each side to get:

$m = (-4)/-32$

$m = 4/32$

$m = 1/8$

How do you solve 8( - 4m + 3) = 208( - 4m + 3) = 20?