Answer:
x = (5 +5d)/(a -3c)
Step-by-step explanation:
Maybe you're to solve for x.
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This is a typical "3-step" linear equation.
First, you collect terms with the variable x on one side of the equation. You do that by subtracting from both sides the x-term you don't want where it is.
We choose to remove the 3cx term from the right side, so we subtract it from both sides.
ax -3cx -5d = 3cx -3cx +5 . . . . . . we have combined the constants, too
x(a -3c) -5d = 5 . . . . . . simplify and factor out x
Second, you remove any terms not containing x from the side of the equation with the x-terms. You do that by adding their opposite to both sides of the equation.
We need to remove the -5d term, so we add 5d to both sides.
x(a -3c) -5d +5d = 5 +5d
x(a -3c) = 5 +5d . . . . . . . . . . simplify
Third, we divide by the coefficient of x. We do that to both sides of the equation. We had to put parentheses around the terms on the right, because we're dividing the whole right side of the equation by (a-3c).
x(a -3c)/(a -3c) = (5 +5d)/(a -3c)
x = (5 +5d)/(a -3c)
