Question

Solve.

1/3(21-3a) = 6-a

Answer 1

@sue101

Answer 2

can you multiply both sides by 3 ?

Answer 3

I meant "multiply both sides by 3"
what do you get ?

Answer 4

I would figure you have to multiply the fraction into the numbers in the paranthesis @phi

Answer 5

im so confused

Answer 6

you can distribute the 1/3 if you want

in this case, you get nice numbers.

or you can multiply both sides by 3. this removes the fraction, which is often easier to solve.