SOLUTION: 3/8a-8=13 a=56 but how? how do you get to 56, i discovered that there were 2 ways but im still a little confused.

Question 1122012: 3/8a-8=13
a=56
but how? how do you get to 56, i discovered that there were 2 ways but im still a little confused.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Already explained in https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Linear-equations/Linear-equations.faq.question.1122014.html

You really have .

, which you can compute mentally.

On a calculator, you can press buttons like this:
13 PLUS 8 EQUAL, MULT BY 8, DIV BY 3

or

(13) (+) (8) (=) (X) (8) (DIVIDEDBY) (3)

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