Question

What is the value of b?

–7b = –42

b =

Answer 1

@iGreen @gorv

Answer 2

I'm not Igreen or gorv but I'll try to help :D All you need to do is multiply everything by -7. Your equation is

\[\frac{ -7b }{ -7 } = \frac{ -42 }{ -7 }\]

Answer 3

Can you solve this?

Answer 4

hmm. i got 6? idk how :/

Answer 5

It's because we need to do the opposite of what is being done to get b alone. In this case it was division. So we had to divide across the board to keep it even. -42/-7 is 6! You are correct! Nice job!

Answer 6

THANK YOU SO MUCH :)

Answer 7

Np!!