First: You would get rid of your fraction by multiplying each side by two. You would get: 2(5-x)=-6-3x > which equals 10-2x=-6-3x Next: You would combine like terms, but we are going to do your x's first. You would add your -3x to both sides which makes it a positive. You would get: 10-x=-6 Next: What you would do is subtract 10 on both sides of the equal sign. You would get: -x=-16 Last: You would divide by -1 on each side of the equal sign to get your x alone. Your answer would be:x=16
