You rewrote the left side of the equation without parentheses. Now, we can keep solving by making sure there are only h terms on one side of the equation. Let’s get rid of the h terms on the left so there are only h terms on the right side. What move can you make next to get rid of h on the left, while keeping the equation balanced?

Question

5
1
​
(5h−15)
=
9h+9

h − 3
=
9h + 9

Add h to both sides

Divide both sides by h

Multiply both sides by h

Subtract h from both sides

Answer 1

To get rid of $h$ on the left side of the equation while keeping the equation balanced, you should:

Subtract $h$ from both sides.

So the correct move to isolate the $h$ terms on the right side would be to subtract $h$ from both sides.