Question

12(m – 4) = 3m - 3

Answer 1

what to find? is the value of m??

Answer 2

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Answer 3

To find the value of m:
12m-48=3m-3 Expand
12m-3m=48-3 Seperate the variable
9m=45
m=5 Divide by 9

Answer 4

@momotay13 do you understand?

Answer 5

nope

Answer 6

Use the distributive property to simplify the Left Hand Side.

12(m - 4) = 12*m - 12*4

The distributive property says:
\(\Large \color{purple}{\rightarrow a(x \pm y) = ax \pm ay }\)

Answer 7

m=5