How do you solve for b in $V= 1/3hb$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-17T22:28:43

See the entire solution process below:

Multiply each side of the equation by $color(red)(3)/color(blue)(h)$ to solve for $b$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$color(red)(3)/color(blue)(h) xx V = color(red)(3)/color(blue)(h) xx 1/3hb$

$(3V)/h = cancel(color(red)(3))/cancel(color(blue)(h)) xx 1/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(3)))color(blue)(cancel(color(black)(h)))b$

$(3V)/h = b$

$b = (3V)/h$

How do you solve for b in V= 1/3hbV= 1/3hb?