Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
First you need to get like items on the same side(put the variables on one side and the non-variables on the other). Remember anything you do on one side of the equal, you have to do on the other side, too.
5X+3=7X-1 I'm going to move the -1 first, but you don't have to as long as you keep the equation equal.
5X+3+1=7X-1+1 We know that +1-1 is zero and so is -1+1. So
5X+3+1=7X We don't need to keep that zero.
5X+4=7X Now, we want to move the 5X over.
5X-5X+4=7X-5X Simplify and get rid of the zero.
4=2X Last, we have to divide to get the 2 away from the X.
4/2=2X/2 Not everyone know that slash mean divide, :-).
2=X
When you isolate the variable to one side of the equation, you have to use the given operation to simplify the number on the other side of the equal sign.
Ex: 4x + 8 = 40
This is a simple one-step equation, but to solve this, first, you need to subtract 8 from 40.
4x = 40
- 8
4x = 32
Then, you divide 4x by 32.
4x = 32
4x 4
x = 8
However, with multi-step equations you have to do these three important steps.
1.) Distribute - the number that's on the outside of the parentheses, gets multiplied to all the numbers except for the one on the right side of the equal sign
2.) Combine Like Terms - numbers with coefficients like 3x, 6y, or 7a, that have another one like it, you need to add them together and keep the variable.
3.) Simplify - it's almost like combining like terms, except if you have more than one number with coefficient, then again, add all the numbers with the same variable together.
And by the way, coefficient basically is a "fancy" way to say "number with a variable attached".
I hope I helped :)
Answer:
I guess it's -2
Step-by-step explanation:
6-8x = 5x - 10x + 12
∴ 10x - 8x - 5x = 12 - 6
∴ 10x- 13x = 6
∴ - 3x = 6
∴ x = -6\3
∴ x = -2
Answer:
138 pairs
Step-by-step explanation:
The number of blue pleated slacks is 5 times the number of gray pleated slacks, so:
(eq1)
The number of gray non-pleated is twice the number of blue non-pleated slacks, so:
(eq2)
The total number of blue slacks is 333, and the total number of gray slacks is 225, so we have that:
(eq3)
(eq4)
If we add (eq1) and (eq2), we have:
(eq5)
Using (eq3) and (eq4) in (eq5), we have:
From (eq1), we have:
From (eq3), we have:
