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hi all
please can anyone help with this equation stuck tight with it

need to make b the subject of this equation

7a= b/5 -3c (bc+2).

Any help appreciated please
Eggie
Original post by eggie
hi all
please can anyone help with this equation stuck tight with it

need to make b the subject of this equation

7a= b/5 -3c (bc+2).

Any help appreciated please
Eggie


7a=b53c(bc+2)=b53bc26c=(153c2)b6c\displaystyle 7a=\frac{b}{5}-3c(bc+2)=\frac{b}{5}-3bc^2-6c=(\frac{1}{5}-3c^2)b-6c

Can you do it from there?
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Original post by RDKGames
7a=b53c(bc+2)=b53bc26c=(153c2)b6c\displaystyle 7a=\frac{b}{5}-3c(bc+2)=\frac{b}{5}-3bc^2-6c=(\frac{1}{5}-3c^2)b-6c

Can you do it from there?

Hi RDk

The question i have is this that a student makes a mistake in attempting the equation as follows
7a= b/5 -3(bc+2)

he writes it as this

7a= b/5 - 3 (bc+2)
35a = b-3 (bc-2)
35a = b-3bc + 6
35a - 6 = b(1-3c)

b = 35a - 6 / 1-3c

so somewhere he is wrong i cant figure the equation out so i cant find the mistake that he made. 2 mistakes are made in the attempt of the equation.

so any help appreciated.

eggie
Original post by eggie
Hi RDk

The question i have is this that a student makes a mistake in attempting the equation as follows
7a= b/5 -3(bc+2)

he writes it as this

7a= b/5 - 3 (bc+2)
35a = b-3 (bc-2)
35a = b-3bc + 6
35a - 6 = b(1-3c)

b = 35a - 6 / 1-3c

so somewhere he is wrong i cant figure the equation out so i cant find the mistake that he made. 2 mistakes are made in the attempt of the equation.

so any help appreciated.

eggie


Okay you wrote it out slightly differently from the first time.

Assuming the equation is: 7a=b53(bc+2)7a=\frac{b}{5}-3(bc+2)

Second line when he is multiplying through by 5. The last term should go to -15(bc+2). Also the sign of 2 in the bracket changes in this line, not supposed to happen. Everything else looks fine.
(edited 7 years ago)

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