Robert Frost’s PoetryInstruction <span>Active</span>
-6x + 5 = 17
isolate the x, first subtract 5 from both sides
-6x + 5 (-5) = 17 (-5)
-6x = 12
Then divide -6 from both sides
-6x(/-6) = 12(/-6)
Answer
x = -2
hope this helps
Try finding what x is first from the second equation. Then plug in the answer