Question

Help.

Answer 1

Yes?

Answer 2

He's typing

Answer 3

okay..

Answer 4

Which step should be completed first to solve the equation \[9-3q=14\]?
A.
Add 14 to both sides.

B.
Divide both sides by 3.

C.
Divide both sides by −3.

D.
Subtract 9 from both sides.


& ima a girl. xD

Answer 5

Which one do you think it is?

Answer 6

@kweenlexis

Answer 7

A idk

Answer 8

Nope, think again, you want to get the 3q by itself.

Answer 9

Remember, PEMDAS (or BIDMAS if you're british), the order of operations

Answer 10

So, we need to subtract 9 from both sides correct? @kweenlexis

Answer 11

yeah ig

Answer 12

Therefore, which answer is it? Because like @MysticalFlames said PEMDAS

Answer 13

@kweenlexis

Answer 14

PEMDAS, is paranthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction
Parenthesis is first and then so on

Answer 15

Okay so we are trying to solve for q.

We want to get

\[3q\]

alone and by itself!

@kweenlexis

Answer 16

So, now you tell us what you think it is? @kweenlexis

Answer 17

With \[3q\] is 9 and we don't want 9 on that side! This is because we want \[3q\] alone! 9 is a positive number so we want to move it to the other side.

Answer 18

So, we want to get 3q by itself, so to do that, we need to do what?

Answer 19

What is the opposite of addition? @kweenlexis

Answer 20

Subtraction

Answer 21

Correct, so that means we must subtract what from what?

Answer 22

Do you see how I got that?

@kweenlexis

Answer 23

No not really @AihberKhan

Answer 24

So yes @kweenlexis the answer is D, because you must get the 3q by itself. Therefore, we must subtract the 9 from 14

Answer 25

Okay well let me explain. 9 is positive. The opposite is subtraction. If we want it to cancel out we would subtract so that we will get 0! But we have to subtract it from BOTH sides.

Answer 26

Then that leaves us with the -3q on one side and 5 on the other.

Answer 27

So when we do that we would get:

\[3q = 14 - 9 \]

Answer 28

Hope that helped! Have a great day! :)

Answer 29

You subtracting 9 from 14 right?.
\[14-9=5\]
so like how u got 3q from 5??

Answer 30

so then -3q = 5 @kweenlexis

Answer 31

but you don't need to figure that out, because that isn't part of your problem. @kweenlexis

Answer 32

ok thanks

Answer 33

Yep, no probelmo

Answer 34

@kweenlexis So you got the answer right?