[tex]\begin{gathered} 8x\text{ + 15 is eqivalent to }\frac{1}{2}(16x\text{ + 30)} \\ \end{gathered}[/tex][tex]6x\text{ + 15 }\equiv\text{ 3(2x+5)}[/tex][tex]22x-2x\text{ }\equiv\text{ 20x}[/tex][tex]8y-36\text{ }\equiv\text{ 4(2y - 9)}[/tex][tex]4x+3-2x\text{ }\equiv\text{ 2x+3}[/tex]