How do you solve $2a = 7a - 6$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-06T18:57:58

$a = 6/5$

Here's how I did it:

$2a = 7a - 6$

First, let's subtract $7a$ from both sides of the equation:
$-5a = -6$

Then, we divide both sides by $-5$ to get the value of $a$ :
$a = (-6)/(-5)$

$a = 6/5$

Hope this helps!

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