SOLUTION: Clear fractions or decimals, solve, and check: 12+4m=3m-52 thanks

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Question 238514: Clear fractions or decimals, solve, and check: 12+4m=3m-52
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Answer by Stitch(470) About Me  (Show Source):
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Given: 12+%2B+4m+=+3m+-+52
You want to get the m's to one side.
12+%2B+4m+=+3m+-+52 Subtract 12 from both sides
4m+=+3m+-+52+-+12 Subtract 3m from both sides
-3m+%2B+4m+=+-52+-+12 Combine like terms
highlight%28m+=+-64%29
To check the answer plug -64 into the given equation for m
12+%2B+4m+=+3m+-+52
12+%2B+4%2A%28-64%29+=+3%2A%28-64%29+-+52 Simplify
12+-+256+=+-192+-+52 Simplify
-244+=+-244