SOLUTION: What is the solution to -b+4b= 8b-b?

Question 20713: What is the solution to -b+4b= 8b-b?
Answer by akmb1215(68) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In order to solve this problem, you first need to combine like terms on each side of the equal sign. This will change your equation to . Then, you need to move all the b's over to one side of the equal sign. I am going to move 7b to the left side by subtracting 7b from both sides of the equation: . Then, you divide by -4 to get .
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