Basic Math Examples

$9 s + 4 = 5 s + 5$

Step 1

Move all terms containing $s$ to the left side of the equation.

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Step 1.1

Subtract $5 s$ from both sides of the equation.

$9 s + 4 - 5 s = 5$

Step 1.2

Subtract $5 s$ from $9 s$ .

$4 s + 4 = 5$

Step 2

Move all terms not containing $s$ to the right side of the equation.

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Step 2.1

Subtract $4$ from both sides of the equation.

$4 s = 5 - 4$

Step 2.2

Subtract $4$ from $5$ .

$4 s = 1$

Step 3

Divide each term in $4 s = 1$ by $4$ and simplify.

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Step 3.1

Divide each term in $4 s = 1$ by $4$ .

$\frac{4 s}{4} = \frac{1}{4}$

Step 3.2

Simplify the left side.

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Step 3.2.1

Cancel the common factor of $4$ .

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Step 3.2.1.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{4 s}{4} = \frac{1}{4}$

Step 3.2.1.2

Divide $s$ by $1$ .

$s = \frac{1}{4}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$s = \frac{1}{4}$

Decimal Form:

$s = 0.25$