Solve for q 3(q-7)=27

$3 (q - 7) = 27$

Step 1

Divide each term in $3 (q - 7) = 27$ by $3$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $3 (q - 7) = 27$ by $3$ .

$\frac{3 (q - 7)}{3} = \frac{27}{3}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{3 (q - 7)}{3} = \frac{27}{3}$

Divide $q - 7$ by $1$ .

$q - 7 = \frac{27}{3}$

Simplify the right side.

Divide $27$ by $3$ .

$q - 7 = 9$

Step 2

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

Add $7$ to both sides of the equation.

$q = 9 + 7$

Add $9$ and $7$ .

$q = 16$