How do you solve $u/5+6=2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-26T02:12:09

$u=-20$

To solve this, let's first get the term with $u$ on one side and the terms without $u$ on the other by subtracting 6 from both sides:

$u/5+6=2$

$u/5+6-6=2-6$

$u/5=-4$

Now we can multiply both sides by 5:

$u/cancel5cancel(5)=-4(5)$

$u=-20$

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