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Solve for $s$ . $\newline$ $16 = 2(s - 9)$ $\newline$ $s =$ $\_\_\_\_$

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Solve two-step equations with parentheses

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Q. Solve for

s

.

\newline

16 = 2(s - 9)

\newline

s =

\_\_\_\_

Identify Equation: Identify the equation to solve. $\newline$ The given equation is $16 = 2(s - 9)$ .
Distribute $2$ : Distribute the $2$ across the parentheses. $2(s − 9)$ becomes $2s − 18$ . So, the equation now is $16 = 2s − 18$ .
Add $18$ : Add $18$ to both sides of the equation to isolate the term with the variable $s$ . $\newline$ $16 + 18 = 2s - 18 + 18$ $\newline$ This simplifies to $34 = 2s$ .
Divide by $2$ : Divide both sides of the equation by $2$ to solve for $s$ . $\frac{34}{2} = \frac{2s}{2}$ This simplifies to $17 = s$ , or $s = 17$ .

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