Of the following options, what could be a possible first step in solving the equation 3x − 1 = 2x + 4?

Mathematics

2 answers:

madreJ [45]3 years ago

5 0

Move the "x" terms to the same side

Advocard [28]3 years ago

3 0

The first steps would be something along the lines of...

Combine like terms
2x and 3x
-1 and 4
Here is how to work the problem,

3x -1 = 2x +4
The goal is to get X alone,
So Combine like terms by subtracting 2x from 3x
and Adding 1 to 4
Now you have
x = 5

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