Beth
high school 9th grade
student

1-3/4(v+2)=-5

Hi Beth,

If you want to solve the equation

for v then you need to work through a sequence of steps to end with the equation

v = ???

At each step you need to perform identical operation to each side of the equation to maintain the equality.

The first step is to add -1 to both sides of the equation to get

Now multiply both sides by -4/3

Finally add -2 to both sides to arrive at the solution

v = 6

Cheers,
Penny

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