SOLUTION: What is the solution to -b+4b= 8b-b?

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Question 20713: What is the solution to -b+4b= 8b-b?
Answer by akmb1215(68) About Me  (Show Source):
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In order to solve this problem, you first need to combine like terms on each side of the equal sign. This will change your equation to 3b=7b. Then, you need to move all the b's over to one side of the equal sign. I am going to move 7b to the left side by subtracting 7b from both sides of the equation: -4b=0. Then, you divide by -4 to get b=0.