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How do you solve #2t-12-3t=60#?

Answer 1

Ethan Adkins

The answer is #t=-72#

To solve such equations you have to put all the expressions with the unknown on one side and all numbers on the other:

#2t-3t=60+12#

Next you simplify both sides:

#-t=72#

Finally you divide both sides by the coefficient on the left side of the unknown (in this case #-1#) to get the answer:

#t=-72#

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Answer 2

Kennedy Adams

To solve the equation 2t - 12 - 3t = 60, first combine like terms:

2t - 3t = -t

Now, rewrite the equation:

-t - 12 = 60

Add 12 to both sides of the equation:

-t = 72

Multiply both sides by -1 to isolate t:

t = -72

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