Question

What property would you use first to solve 1/2x-6=10

Answer 1

I don't know what you mean by property. Do you mean like, commutative, distributive, etc?

but, if this is what you mean:

to solve this:

The operation here is subtraction. Do the inverse. So, add 6 to both sides of the equation

10 + 6 = 16

1/2x - 6 + 6 = 1/2x. (the 6 cancels out)

1/2x = 16

Now, I'm going to assume 1/2 is supposed to be a fraction (not division). So, 1/2 is right next to x which represents multiplication, so do the opposite which is division.

16 divided by 1/2 = 32

1/2x divided by 1/2 = x

x = 32.

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