8(4-a)=2am

Solution for 8(4-a)=2am equation:

Simplifying
8(4 + -1a) = 2am
(4 * 8 + -1a * 8) = 2am
(32 + -8a) = 2am

Solving
32 + -8a = 2am

Solving for variable 'a'.

Move all terms containing a to the left, all other terms to the right.

Add '-2am' to each side of the equation.
32 + -8a + -2am = 2am + -2am

Combine like terms: 2am + -2am = 0
32 + -8a + -2am = 0

Add '-32' to each side of the equation.
32 + -8a + -32 + -2am = 0 + -32

Reorder the terms:
32 + -32 + -8a + -2am = 0 + -32

Combine like terms: 32 + -32 = 0
0 + -8a + -2am = 0 + -32
-8a + -2am = 0 + -32

Combine like terms: 0 + -32 = -32
-8a + -2am = -32

Reorder the terms:
32 + -8a + -2am = -32 + 32

Combine like terms: -32 + 32 = 0
32 + -8a + -2am = 0

Factor out the Greatest Common Factor (GCF), '2'.
2(16 + -4a + -1am) = 0

Ignore the factor 2.
Subproblem 1
Set the factor '(16 + -4a + -1am)' equal to zero and attempt to solve:

Simplifying
16 + -4a + -1am = 0

Solving
16 + -4a + -1am = 0

Move all terms containing a to the left, all other terms to the right.

Add '-16' to each side of the equation.
16 + -4a + -16 + -1am = 0 + -16

Reorder the terms:
16 + -16 + -4a + -1am = 0 + -16

Combine like terms: 16 + -16 = 0
0 + -4a + -1am = 0 + -16
-4a + -1am = 0 + -16

Combine like terms: 0 + -16 = -16
-4a + -1am = -16

The solution to this equation could not be determined.

This subproblem is being ignored because a solution could not be determined.

The solution to this equation could not be determined.