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How do you solve $(b - 5)/b = 4$ ?

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Sep 27, 2015

$color(blue)(b =-5/3$

Explanation:

$(b-5)/b=4$

$(b-5)=4*b$

$b-5=4b$

$b-4b =5$

$-3b =5$

$color(blue)(b =-5/3$

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