What is #b# in the equation #-1.7 = 2.2b - 6.1#?
1 Answer
Nov 6, 2015
In this equation, B would be 2,
Explanation:
In order to start finding out what number a variable is, you must get variables on one side and numbers on the other side. In order to get -6.1 to the other side, you must add 6.1 on both sides. That would cancel out 6.1 on the side with the variable and you would add 6.1 to -1.7, which gets you 4.4 . Then, in order to get rid of the number that multiplying b, you must divide 2.2 on both sides. Dividing 2.2b by 2.2 would cancel out the 2.2, and diving 4.4 by 2.2 would get you 2. In the end, you would get 2.
