Question

A > (wh)+ 0.5(bh). Rewrite this formula to solve for b. Show all steps in your work.

Answer 1

this looks like an inequality
you cannot solve it for \(b\)

Answer 2

it is really
\[A>wh+0.5bh\]?

Answer 3

oh sorry I had it wrong there's supposed to be an equal sign.

Answer 4

\[\huge A=wh+0.5bh\]

Answer 5

like that?

Answer 6

never mind it had an inequality sign. (sorry sometimes i'm hard to work with).

Answer 7

\[\huge A>wh+0.5bh\]

Answer 8

Yes that's the way they wrote it.

Answer 9

then you cannot solve it for \(b\)

Answer 10

(You know sometimes the Algebra book is wrong, I've already found 3 problems that were messed up in the book.)

Answer 11

you can write
\[\large A-wh>0.5bh\] and you can even write
\[\large 2(A-wh)>bh\] but you cannot solve for \(b)

Answer 12

Or maybe you have to solve it in a different way.

Answer 13

the problem is you cannot divide both sides by \(b\) like you could if it was an equality instead of an inequality

Answer 14

i don't know that's the way they put it.

Answer 15

that is because you do not know if \(b\) is positive or negative, it is a variable
if it is negative, you have to switch the inequality
it if is positive you leave it
but you do not know, so you cannot go any further

Answer 16

IDK