Question

What are the steps to solving this equation? 35 + 3x – 11 = 23

Answer 1

The first step is to combine like terms, 35 and 11 are both integers without variables, so we can combine.

24+3x= 23

Now we subtract 24 from 23 to isolate 3x, and we get -1.

3x=-1

To solve we just need to divide -1 by 3.

Answer: -1/3