How do you solve $2.5g+0.45=0.95$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-11T21:48:01

See the entire solution process below:

Step 1) Subtract $color(red)(0.45)$ to each side of the equation to isolate the $g$ term while keeping the equation balanced:

$2.5g + 0.45 - color(red)(0.45) = 0.95 - color(red)(0.45)$

$2.5g + 0 = 0.5$

$2.5g = 0.5$

Step 2) Divide each side of the equation by $color(red)(2.5)$ to solve for $g$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$(2.5g)/color(red)(2.5) = 0.5/color(red)(2.5)$

$(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2.5)))g)/cancel(color(red)(2.5)) = 0.2$

$g = 0.2$

How do you solve 2.5g+0.45=0.952.5g+0.45=0.95?