Answer:What number must be multiplied by 3 to obtain 15? ... Example 11 A student solved the equation 5x - 3 = 4x + 2 and found an answer of x = 6. ... Example 12 3x = 6 and 2x + 1 = 5 are equivalent because in both cases x = 2 is a solution. ... + 3x = 7x + 2 - 4x can be changed to a simple equation x = 3, and the equation x = 3 is .
