SOLUTION: -3(t-2)=12 -3+3(t-2)=12+3 (t-2)=15 t-2/-2=15/-2 t=-7.5

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Question 1137257: -3(t-2)=12
-3+3(t-2)=12+3
(t-2)=15
t-2/-2=15/-2
t=-7.5
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by ikleyn(52910)   (Show Source):
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-3*(t-2) = 12 -3t + (-3)*(-2) = 12 -3t + 6 = 12 -3t + 6 - 6 = 12 - 6 -3t = 6 Divide both sides by (-3) t = t = -2. ANSWER. t= -2. CHECK. Substitute t= -2 into the given equation. You will get in the left side -3*((-2) -2) = -3*(-4) = 12. ! Correct !

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Answer by MathTherapy(10557)   (Show Source):
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-3(t-2)=12
-3+3(t-2)=12+3
(t-2)=15
t-2/-2=15/-2
t=-7.5

-3(t-2)=12
-3+3(t-2)=12+3 <===== NOPE, NOPE, NOPE!! This is NOT how this is done
<======== DIVIDE both sides by - 3
t - 2 = - 4