Question

Oksana wrote the equation below on the whiteboard.

6 b + 6 = 48

What is the value of b?
4
7
8
9

Answer 1

To solve the equation \( 6b + 6 = 48 \), we can follow these steps:

1. Subtract 6 from both sides of the equation:
\[
6b + 6 - 6 = 48 - 6
\]
This simplifies to:
\[
6b = 42
\]

2. Now, divide both sides of the equation by 6:
\[
b = \frac{42}{6}
\]
This simplifies to:
\[
b = 7
\]

Thus, the value of \( b \) is \( \boxed{7} \).