SOLUTION: Variables on Both Sides
Please show me the steps. The answer is a -3
4a-8=9a+7
a=______
Thank you very much!
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: Variables on Both Sides
Please show me the steps. The answer is a -3
4a-8=9a+7
a=______
Thank you very much!
This question is from textbook Skill Builders Pre-Algebra
Answer by checkley75(3666) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4A-8=9A+7 MOVE THE A TERM TO THE LEFT, THE NUMBER TO THE RIGHT
4A-9A=7+8 COMBINE
-5A=15 DIVIDE BOTH SIDES BY -5
A=15/-5 DIVIDE BY -5
A=-3
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