How do you solve $16- 2m = 5m + 9$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-25T01:10:00

$1=m$

$16- 2m = 5m + 9$

To begin you pick a side that you want to work with usually you want to work with a positive variable $m$ .

So we begin by adding $2m$ to both sides:

$16cancel(-2m+2m) = 5m+2m + 9$

We now have:

$16=7m+9$

Now we subtract $9$ from both sides:

$16-9=7mcancel(+9-9)$

$7=7m$

We divide both sides by 7:

$7/7=cancel(7m)/cancel7$

So our answer is:

$1=m$

How do you solve 16- 2m = 5m + 916- 2m = 5m + 9?