First you add like terms, in this case 5x and x. Then you have 6x-1=23. You then add 1 from both sides so you end up with 6x=24. This then results in X=4
X - 1 + 5x = 23 (original equation) x + 5x = 24 (add 1 to both sides) x + x = 4.8 (divide 5 by both sides) 2x = 4.8 (combine the x’s) x = 2.4 (divide 2 by both sides) (answer)