Answer: 15 = x
Step-by-step explanation: Don't be thrown off if your variable <em>x</em> appears on the right side of the equation. Just solve for <em>x</em> in the usual way by first isolating the <em>x</em> term which in this case is 4x.
Since 14 is being added to 4x we start by
subtracting 14 from both sides of the equation.
On the left, 82 - 14 is 68 and on the right, 14 - 14 cancels out.
So we have 68 = 4x.
To get <em>x</em> by itself since 4 is being multiplied by <em>x</em>,
divide both sides of the equation by 4.
On the left, 68 divided by 4 is 15 and
on the right, the 4's cancel.
So 15 = x.
