Question

-3(4b - 10) = 1 half(-24b + 60)

Answer 1

step one
distribute on the left

Answer 2

what do you get?

Answer 3

or is it not clear?

Answer 4

if you want to impress your teacher you could alternatively divide both sides by \(-3\) as a first stop

Answer 5

What about the 1 half.?

Answer 6

oh i didn't see it
did it just appear by magic or am i unable to read?

Answer 7

nah, it wasn't there before
you need to use the distributive law on both sides as the first step

Answer 8

\[-3(4b-10)=\frac{1}{2}(-24b+60)\] right?

Answer 9

Yeah thats it.

Answer 10

remove parentheses using the distributive law first
\[-12b+30=-12b+30\] is step one

Answer 11

step two is to think "jeez, looks like the right hand side and left hand side are identical"
so it must be an identity, i.e. true for all \(x\)