How do you solve $q/4-1=3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-11T22:44:48

See the Two Step process below

Step 1) Add $color(red)(1)$ to each side of the equation to isolate the $Q$ term while keeping the equation balanced:

$q/4 - 1 + color(red)(1) = 3 + color(red)(1)$

$q/4 - 0 = 4$

$q/4 = 4$

Step 2) Multiply each side of the equation by $color(red)(4)$ to solve for $x$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$q/4 xx color(red)(4) = 4 xx color(red)(4)$

$q/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(4))) xx cancel(color(red)(4)) = 16$

$q = 16$

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