Start by adding 3x to 6x, this eliminates the variables on the right side of the equation and leave you with 9x-5=13. From here, add five to both sides of the equation, which cancels out on the left side and leads you to have 18 on the right side. Remember that you want to have a lone variable, so you take the current equation of 9x=18 and divide both sides by 9, which cancels out on the left side and leaves the right side as 2. Therefore, x=2.
