How do you solve $4 m - 3 = 2$ $4m-3=2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-28T23:21:32

$m = 1.25$ $color(red)"m = 1.25"$

$Add 3 to both sides:$ $color(brown)("Add 3 to both sides:")$

$4m-cancel3= 2$
$color(white)(aaa)+cancel3$ $color(white)(a) +3$

3 cancels out on the left side, and when you add 3 to 2 on the right you get 5:

$4m = 5$

$color(blue)("Divide both sides by 4 to get m by itself.")$

$(cancel"4"m)/cancel"4"=(5)/4$

Now you are just left with $m$ on the left side and 1.25 on the right side.

Thus,
$color(purple)"m = 1.25"$

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