Question

-2x+3=9. What does x equal?

Answer 1

Answer:

x= -3

Step-by-step explanation:

$- 2x + 3 = 9 \\ - 2x = 9 - 3 \\ - 2x = 6 \\ \frac{ - 2x}{ - 2} = \frac{6}{ - 2}$

$x = - 3$

Answer 2

Answer: x = -3

Step-by-step explanation: To solve for x, we must first isolate the term containing x which in this problem is -2x.

Since 3 is being added to -2x, we subtract 3 from

both sides of the equation to isolate the -2x.

On the left, the +3 and -3 cancel out and on the right, 9 - 3 is 6.

So we have -2x = 6.

Now we can finish things off by just dividing

both sides of the equation by -2.

On the left the -2's cancel and on right, 6 divided by -2 is -3.

Thus, the solution to this equation is x = -3.