Question

What value of x makes the equation true?

Answer 1

Greetings from Brasil...

Let's add all the values on one side and make it equal to the sum of all the other values on the other side

(- X) + (- X) + (- X) + (- X) + (- X) + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1  =  X + X + X + (- 1) + (- 1) + (- 1) + (- 1) + (- 1) + (- 1) + (- 1) + (- 1)

- 5X + 12 = 3X - 8

- 5X - 3X = - 8 - 12

- 8X = - 20    x(- 1)

8X = 20

X = 20/8

X = 5/2

or X = 2.5