remember, you can do anything to an equation as long as you do it to both sides
we hates fractions
times both sides by 3
(we could have added 1/3b to both sides but I'm lazy)
4b+6=12-b
add b to both sides
5b+6=12
minus 6 both sides
5b=6
divide both sides by 5
[tex]b=\frac{6}{5}[/tex]