How do you solve #6+3(1+3a)=2a#?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-03T22:42:28

#a=-9/7#

We can distribute the #3# to both terms in the parenthesis to get:

#6+color(blue)(3+9a)=2a#

NOTE: What I have in blue is the product of our distribution.

We can further simplify the left side of the equation to get:

#9+9a=2a#

We can subtract #9a# from both sides of the equation to get:

#9=-7a#

We can divide both sides by #-7# to get:

#a=-9/7#