SOLUTION: Help Please! a+3/b=c solve for a

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Question 1047704: Help Please! a+3/b=c solve for a
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, Theo:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It's not entirely clear what the original equation is. Please use parenthesis to indicate what is being divided.


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If the equation is , then we subtract 3/b from both sides to get











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If the equation is , then we multiply both sides by 'b' first. Then we subtract 3 from both sides

















Answer by Theo(13342)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
this depends very much on whether you meant:

a + 3/b = c

or you meant:

(a + 3) / b = c

in the first case, you would solve it as follows:

start with:

a + 3/b = c

subtract 3/b from both sides of the equation to get:

a = c - 3/b

in the second case, you would solve it as follows:

start with:

(a + 3) / b = c

multiply both sides by 3 to get:

a + 3 = c * b

subtract 3 from both sides of the equation to get:

a = c * b - 3


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