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The problem

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on step three why does the right side of the equation change from + 2 to +3 x 2

Answer provided by our tutors

Notice that 2 was placed over the common denominator of 3:

so this is basically rewriting 2 as (3*2)/3  (we have to multiply by 3 because we are also dividing by 3)

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