SOLUTION: how do you solve something like this 1/2 b+4=1/8 b+88?

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Question 242078: how do you solve something like this 1/2 b+4=1/8 b+88?
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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1/2b+4=1/8b+88
b/2+4=b/8+88
b/2-b/8=88-4
(4b-b)/8=84
3b/8=84
3b=84*8
3b=672
b=672/3
b=224 ans.
Proof:
224/2+4=224/8+88
112+4=28+88
116=116