SOLUTION: please help me solve this problem (11r+60=16)

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Question 53695: please help me solve this problem (11r+60=16)
Answer by aaaaaaaa(138) About Me  (Show Source):
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To solve equations, we use inverse operations.
In this method, you "pass" numbers to the other side with the operation inverted (i.e addition inverts to dubtraction, multiplication to division).
Therefore:
11r+%2B+60+=+16
We pass 60 subtracting:
11r+=+16+-+60
11r+=+-44
Now we pass 11 dividing:
r+=+-44%2F11
r+=+-4