SOLUTION: Find the value of b when the arithmetic mean of b+2 and 4b+5 is 3b+2

Question 1040629: Find the value of b when the arithmetic mean of b+2 and 4b+5 is 3b+2
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the value of b when the arithmetic mean of b+2 and 4b+5 is 3b+2

The 'arithmetic mean' is just the 'ordinary average'.

So we add b+2 and 4b+5, divide by 2, and set it equal to 3b+2:



Multiply both sides by 2 to clear the fraction:



Can you simplify that and solve for b?

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