2(x+3)=7x-24 2x+6=7x-24 (move 7x to the left by subtracting from both sides, and move the 6 to the right by subtracting from both sides) -5x=-30 (divide -5 from both sides to get x by itself, and because the 30 and 5 are both negative, two negatives make a positive) x=6 hope this helped
