SOLUTION: If twice B is eighteen less than five times B, what is the value of B?

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Question 720506: If twice B is eighteen less than five times B, what is the value of B?
Found 2 solutions by ramsinaaa, MathTherapy:
Answer by ramsinaaa(9) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
first you have to translate the words to numbers
2b=5b-15

now you solve!
(add like terms) subtract 5b from both sides to isolate b.
-3b=-15
divide by -3 on both sides
b=5

Answer by MathTherapy(10555) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If twice B is eighteen less than five times B, what is the value of B?

2B = 5B - 18

Solve for B to get a value of: highlight_green%286%29

You can do the check!!

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