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How do you solve $- 3 = 2 + b$ $-3 = 2 +b$ ?

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May 16, 2015

You just need to isolate $b$ $b$ in one side and all the numbers in the other, as follows:

$- 3 - 2 = b$ $-3-2=b$

$b = - 5$ $b=-5$

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