SOLUTION: If twice B is eighteen less than five times B, what is the value of B?

Question 720506: If twice B is eighteen less than five times B, what is the value of B?
Found 2 solutions by ramsinaaa, MathTherapy:
Answer by ramsinaaa(9) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
first you have to translate the words to numbers
2b=5b-15

now you solve!
(add like terms) subtract 5b from both sides to isolate b.
-3b=-15
divide by -3 on both sides
b=5
Answer by MathTherapy(10556) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If twice B is eighteen less than five times B, what is the value of B?

2B = 5B - 18

Solve for B to get a value of:

You can do the check!!

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