5x-3=21-x
6x=24
X=4
You simply have to isolate the variable and then divide by 6 so that x is completely alone.
        
                    
             
        
        
        
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Step-by-step explanation:


 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
X and y are books
x is fiction
y=nonifiction
x+y=36
x=12+y
12+y+y=26
2y+12=26
minus 12
2y=14
divide 2
y=7
sub
x=12+y
x=12+7
x=19
nonfiction=7
        
             
        
        
        
The ratio is rational and by multiplying or dividing the numbers included in the ratio by the same number, it's just like taking a fraction and taking it out of simplest form, it doesn't change the value of the ratio or the fraction in simplest form, it just changes the numbers
        
             
        
        
        
G(n) + f(n)
3n + 1 + 4n - 3
7n - 2