I'm doing the same thing right now and I'm lost.
Answer:
x = 5
Step-by-step explanation:
To solve this, we just have to the multiplication and do the simplification (adding up the similar terms) afterwards:
3(x+1)=7(x-2)-3 becomes...
3x + 3 = 7x - 14 - 3
3x + 3 = 7x -17
Then we move all x's on one side and all plain numbers on the other side, we'll move the x's to the right since there's a bigger value there, and will move the plain numbers on the left side, by subtracting 3x and by adding 17 on both sides
3x + 3 - 3x + 17 = 7x -17 + 17 - 3x
20 = 4x
If we isolate x alone we have:
20/4 = x or x = 5
Answer:
(4,0) and (- 2,0): Answer
Step-by-step explanation:
Absolute value questions have two essential steps.
1. Solve the equation as it is written.
2. Solve it changing the sign of the right hand side. I will include a graph to confirm my answer
4*abs(x - 1) = 12 Divide by 4
- abs(x - 1) = 12/4
- abs(x - 1) = 3 Equate this to 3
- x - 1 = 3 Add 1 to both sides
- x - 1 + 1 = 3 + 1 Combine
- x = 4
4*abs(x - 1) = - 12 Divide by 4
- abs(x - 1) = - 12/4
- abs(x - 1) = - 3
- x - 1 = - 3 Add 1 to both sides
- x - 1 + 1 = -3 + 1
- x = - 2
So this has 2 answers
(4,0) and (- 2,0)