SOLUTION: Please help me with this problem. x+a=yb The question says to solve for y and to isolate the variable using- the distributive property? I'm so confused.
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Question 171249: Please help me with this problem. x+a=yb The question says to solve for y and to isolate the variable using- the distributive property? I'm so confused. Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Its probably the isolation of terms that is confusing
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for you to solve for y in this you simply divide by b on both sides
: now to isolate the terms you would distribute them
: because the distributive property says
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(1/b)(a+c)=a/b+c/b
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