Solve 4b+15/4=2

$$4 b + \frac { 15 } { 4 } = 2$$

Solve for b

$$b=-\frac{7}{16}=-0.4375$$

Steps for Solving Linear Equation

Subtract \frac{15}{4} from both sides.

$$4b=2-\frac{15}{4}$$

Convert 2 to fraction \frac{8}{4}.

$$4b=\frac{8}{4}-\frac{15}{4}$$

Since \frac{8}{4} and \frac{15}{4} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$4b=\frac{8-15}{4}$$

Subtract 15 from 8 to get -7.

$$4b=-\frac{7}{4}$$

Divide both sides by 4.

$$b=\frac{-\frac{7}{4}}{4}$$

Express \frac{-\frac{7}{4}}{4} as a single fraction.

$$b=\frac{-7}{4\times 4}$$

Multiply 4 and 4 to get 16.

$$b=\frac{-7}{16}$$

Fraction \frac{-7}{16} can be rewritten as -\frac{7}{16} by extracting the negative sign.

$$b=-\frac{7}{16}$$