Basic Algebraic Manipulation

Hey guys, does anyone know how to solve the following? My only idea is to use each option and work backwards but it looks like such a handful I have done it yet.

The answer I got wasn’t even listed when I tried directly

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When I used ChatGPT - it gave me a quadratic fraction, which also isn’t listed here.

Here is what I get when I do it manually on my own:

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Oh my dayyyyyyyys I see what you did. Thank you so much moonbeam

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You’re welcome.

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You are now my designated maths buddy, you have no choice in the matter :smile:

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wait wait, I need to re-check what I’m doing, cos I’m not getting the same

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You were on the right track on your above attempted solution. You need to isolate b on one side of the equation. You still had a term with b on both sides of the equation.

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Seen it, mwahaha :smiling_imp:

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I loved algebra in school.

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Look like a foreign language to me.

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everytime i see math i smell the chinese math tutor’s building my parents took us to as kids

I hate rules of algebra, if you follow my rule 0 = 2.

Who made those rules :sob:
Its so difficult

Alge(bra)ic Ma(nipul)ation

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