Step-by-step explanation: my trick that i do with these questions are to just fill in the x's with the different choices that they give you.
so... first try out 6. fill in every x with a 6. so now, x isn't x anymore, it's 6.
(8-6)=2
9 times 2= 18
3 times 6= 18
this means that x would equal 6
if that first one doesn't work, try out the other ones. but this one works, so we know we have the right answer. i hope this helps with this problem, and i hope it helps with other problems like this too.
