Question #06657

1 Answer
Feb 22, 2017

See the entire process below:

Explanation:

Step 1) Subtract color(red)(3)3 from each side of the equation to isolate the mm term while keeping the equation balanced:

-3/4m + 3 - color(red)(3) = 8 - color(red)(3)34m+33=83

-3/4m + 0 = 534m+0=5

-3/4m = 534m=5

Step 2) Multiply each side of the equation by color(red)(-4)/color(blue)(3)43 to solve for mm while keeping the equation balanced:

color(red)(-4)/color(blue)(3) xx -3/4m = color(red)(-4)/color(blue)(3) xx 543×34m=43×5

cancel(color(red)(-4))/cancel(color(blue)(3)) xx color(blue)(cancel(color(black)(-3)))/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(4)))m = -20/3

m = -20/3