You can put this solution on YOUR website! Given:
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0=5(k+9)
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First do the distributive multiplication on the right side to get:
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0 = 5*k + 5*9 = 5x + 45
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Then subtract 45 to eliminate the 45 on the right side. The result of this subtraction
is:
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-45 = 5k
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Finally transpose sides and then divide both sides by 5 to solve for k. The answer is:
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which reduces to:
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You might have been able to spot the solution earlier too. For the given equation to
be true, 5 has to be multiplied by zero to equal zero. Therefore you can say that
the quantity (k + 9) has to equal zero and this means that k has to equal -9.
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Hope this helps you to understand the method of solving algebraic equations such as this one.
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