Question

How do you simplify `(72a-45)/9`?

Answer 1

`(72a-45)/9=color(blue)(8a-5`

Explanation:

A different approach:

Simplify:

`(72a-45)/9`

Factor out the GCF 9.

`(color(red)cancel(color(black)(9))^1(8a-5))/color(red)cancel(color(black)(9))^1`

Simplify.

`8a-5`