Asked by nope

What value of b
would make the expressions (16k+14)−(13k−2)−(8k+4)
and bk+12
equivalent?(1 point)

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Compute and combine like terms:
(16k + 14) − (13k − 2) − (8k + 4)
= 16k + 14 − 13k + 2 − 8k − 4
= (16 − 13 − 8)k + (14 + 2 − 4)
= −5k + 12.

So b = −5.