Another desperate plea for help....

Oh. My. Goodness. You are a life saver
Thank you so much.

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:evil: I swear last question: (I dearly hope so, I feel like such a nuisance)

2(b -21) = -5b

Using the distributive property I get:

2b - 42 = -5b

Now, would I add 2b to -5b resulting in

-42 = -3b (42 = 3b)

and solve from there?

b = 14
 
Write this down.
What I do on the left I do on the right.
2b - 4 = 6b
Divide by 2
(2b - 4)/2 = 6b/2
b - 2 = 3b
Subtract b
b - 2 -b = 3b -b
-2=2b
Divide by 2
(-2)/2 = 2b/2
-1=b
Don't answer this, just think about it.
 
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