SOLUTION: Negative four times b minus five plus two times b equals ten. I can't seem to get the steps leading to the answer; -7.5. Please help! I'm not very talented with math, as you can te

Question 813702: Negative four times b minus five plus two times b equals ten. I can't seem to get the steps leading to the answer; -7.5. Please help! I'm not very talented with math, as you can tell.
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Negative four times b minus five plus two times b equals ten. I can't seem to get the steps leading to the answer; -7.5. Please help! I'm not very talented with math, as you can tell.

- 4b - 5 + 2b = 10

- 4b + 2b = 10 + 5

- 2b = 15

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