SOLUTION: -38=7W+3(w-6) Help me please! I'm just not getting this. -Use the distributive property to get rid of () so it's -38= 7w+3w-18. Then we would subract 18 from both sides???? I

Question 339972: -38=7W+3(w-6)
Help me please! I'm just not getting this.
-Use the distributive property to get rid of () so it's
-38= 7w+3w-18. Then we would subract 18 from both sides???? Im lost from here!
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given equation.

Distribute.

Combine like terms on the right side.

Add 18 to both sides

Combine like terms.

Divide both sides by 10.

Reduce.

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Answer:

So the answer is

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