Question

Could someone give me step by step instructions PLEASE! Thanks so much!!

Answer 1

Isolate the x. Note the equal sign. What you do to one side, you do to the other.

First, multiply 2 to both sides

(2x - 8.6)/2(2) = -2.3(2)

2x - 8.6 = -4.6

Isolate the x. First, add 8.6 to both sides

2x - 8.6 (+8.6) = -4.6 (+8.6)

2x = -4.6 + 8.6

2x = 4

Next, to isolate the x, divide 2 from both sides

2x/2 = 4/2

x = 4/2

x = 2

2 is your answer for x

~Rise Above the Ordinary

Answer 2

x=2

(2X-8.6)/2=-2.3

multiply both sides by 2 to gte rid of the denominator

2x-8.6= -4.6

add 8.6 to both sides

2x=4

x=2