To solve this problem, you add 9.2 to both sides then divide both sides by 5.5. The Addition Property of Equality states that if two expressions are equal to each other, and you add the same value to both sides of the equation, the equation will remain equal. This is the first step to solve the problem. The Division Property of Equality states that when we divide both sides of an equation by the same non-zero number, the two sides remain equal. That is the second step to solve the problem. To solve the problem, add 9.2 to both sides, that gets us 5.5x = 27.5. Now, we divide both sides by 5.5. That gets us x = 5.
