Question

What is the value of a?
5(a-4)-8a=55

Answer 1

@pooja195

Answer 2

Start by distributing

What do you get?

Answer 3

???

Answer 4

What do you get once you distribute?

Answer 5

5 x a=?
5 x -4=?

Answer 6

5 x -4=-20

Answer 7

ok good
\[\huge~\rm5a−20−8a=55\]
combine like terms is the next step
\[\huge~\rm~(5a−8a)+(−20)=55\]

Answer 8

5-8= =?

Answer 9

-3???????

Answer 10

Yes :)

\[\huge~\rm~−3a−20=55 \]
From here solve for a im sure you can do it :)

Answer 11

-3a=55 am i correct so far?

Answer 12

you need to add 20 to both sides...

Answer 13

hmm i did it wrong

Answer 14

Try again

Answer 15

\[\huge~\rm~−3a−20+20=55+20\]

Answer 16

-3a-40=75?

Answer 17

-20+20=0
55+20=?

Answer 18

ohh -20 oooppsss

Answer 19

-3a=75

Answer 20

Good now divide both sides by -3
-3/-3=1 so just a 75/-3=?

Answer 21

11.6?

Answer 22

Nope...
what is 75 divided by -3?

Answer 23

wait i used the wrong number

Answer 24

-25

Answer 25

Well done :)

Answer 26

YOU ARE SOOOO AWESOME THANK YOU

Answer 27

yw ^_^