Question

2m+4s=16
What are the values for M and S?

Answer 1

For this case we have the following equation:

$2m + 4s = 16$

We solve for each of the variables:

For m:

We subtract 4s from both sides of the equation:

$2m = 16-4s$

We divide by 2 on both sides of the equation:

$m = \frac {16-4s} {2}\\m = \frac {16} {2} - \frac {4s} {2}\\m = 8-2s$

For s:

We subtract 2m from both sides of the equation:

$4s = 16-2m$

We divide between 4 on both sides of the equation:

$s = \frac {16} {4} - \frac {2m} {4}\\s = 4- \frac {m} {2}$

Answer:

$m = 8-2s\\s = 4- \frac {m} {2}$