Karen is working on her math homework. She solves the equation (b)/(8) = 56 and she says that the solution is b = 7. Do you agree or disagree with Karen?​

Question

Karen is working on her math homework. She solves the equation


`(b)/(8) = 56`
and she says that the solution is b = 7. Do you agree or disagree with Karen?​

Answer 1

Disagree.
b/8 = 56; multiply both sides by 8 to solve for b, and you get b = 448