The first thing you do is subtract 2 from both sides to move the 2 to the left side
3-6x=7x
now add 6x to both sides to move -6x to the right
3=13x
divide by 13 to eliminate the 13 on the right side
3/13
The average is approximately 3 inches an hour
6+2=8, right? Okay. Next, all you have to do is take away the equation "6+2". Now what you have is... 8x5. That's easy! 40. This is a very easy problem if you think about it.