Question

What is the value of a?
6(a+2)+3=3(10-3a)

Answer 1

First, simplify both sides:\[6a + 12 + 3 = 30 - 9a\]Then, more simplifying:\[6a + 15 = 30 - 9a\]Do you think you can take it from there?

Answer 2

Not really I really do not understand this

Answer 3

Ok, so in that first step, I used the distributive property. Do you know what that is?

Answer 4

Yes

Answer 5

So, that is how I got that first part. I just distributed on both sides.

Answer 6

So I do 15 And 30 The Same Way?

Answer 7

Not exactly. I left it to where you have to move your "a-terms" to one side and move your constants (regular numbers) to the other side.