How do you solve the two step equation $6o-12=36$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-13T20:37:38

See a solution process below:

Step 1) Add $color(red)(12)$ to each side of the equation to isolate the $o$ term while keeping the equation balanced:

$6o - 12 + color(red)(12) = 36 + color(red)(12)$

$6o - 0 = 48$

$6o = 48$

Step 2) Divide each side of the equation by $color(red)(6)$ to solve for $o$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$(6o)/color(red)(6) = 48/color(red)(6)$

$(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(6)))o)/cancel(color(red)(6)) = 8$

$o = 8$

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