How do you solve for b in $ab=c$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-06T02:48:57

$b = c/a$

$ab = c$

To solve for $b$ , we have to make it by itself. To do so, let's divide both sides by $color(blue)a$ :
$(ab)/color(blue)a = c/color(blue)a$

$(cancel(a)b)/cancel(color(blue)a) = c/a$

$b = c/a$

How do you solve for b in ab=cab=c?