The objective is to get the variable (x) alone. To do this start be subtracting 3. What you do to one side you have to do to the other so you have to subtract three from the other side of the equal sign as well. So now you have:
20x= 17-3 subtract the 3 to get 20x=14
Now because the 20 is attached to the x In order to get the x alone you have to divide by 20:
20x/20. =14/20 divide 14 by 20
X=.7 or x=7/10
7... if you list the factors of all 3 of this number... you will see 7 is the common factor... because:
7x3=21
7x6=42
7x9= 63
Answer:
x≤-3 1/2 or x>1
Step-by-step explanation:
The way we solve this is we simply rearrange the equation using algebra.
Step 1) For the first inequality, subtract 1/2 from both sides. This gets x by itself and turns the RHS into -3 1/2.
Step 2) For the second, add 3 to both sides. Once again, x is by itself, and the RHS is equal to 1.
