The answer to your question is 6.
The first step of solving this problem is to find your x, which is the unknown number. The unknown number is the age of Max. Once you find the x you can write out your equation.
The equation for this problem is:
2x+8=26
the first step is to subtract 8 from both sides so that all you have on the left side is 2x and your equation will look like ths:
2x=18
after subtracting the 8; divide everything by the coefficient of x which is 2, your result is:
x=9
Max is 9 years old.
Answer:
X = > 12 because 15 - 3 = 12 and if X was more than 12 it would be wrong.
Step-by-step explanation:
We have to solve this equation:

Third degree polynomials like this one are not easily solved, but this one has a root at x = 0. The let us factorize this polynomial as x times a second degree polynomial:

Now we can find the roots of the quadratic polynomial as:
![\begin{gathered} x=\frac{-(-6)\pm\sqrt[]{(-6)^2-4\cdot1\cdot6}}{2\cdot1} \\ x=\frac{6\pm\sqrt[]{36-24}}{2} \\ x=\frac{6\pm\sqrt[]{12}}{2} \\ x=\frac{6\pm\sqrt[]{4\cdot3}}{2} \\ x=\frac{6\pm2\sqrt[]{3}}{2} \\ x=3\pm\sqrt[]{3} \\ x_1=3-\sqrt[]{3} \\ x_2=3+\sqrt[]{3} \end{gathered}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbegin%7Bgathered%7D%20x%3D%5Cfrac%7B-%28-6%29%5Cpm%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7B%28-6%29%5E2-4%5Ccdot1%5Ccdot6%7D%7D%7B2%5Ccdot1%7D%20%5C%5C%20x%3D%5Cfrac%7B6%5Cpm%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7B36-24%7D%7D%7B2%7D%20%5C%5C%20x%3D%5Cfrac%7B6%5Cpm%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7B12%7D%7D%7B2%7D%20%5C%5C%20x%3D%5Cfrac%7B6%5Cpm%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7B4%5Ccdot3%7D%7D%7B2%7D%20%5C%5C%20x%3D%5Cfrac%7B6%5Cpm2%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7B3%7D%7D%7B2%7D%20%5C%5C%20x%3D3%5Cpm%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7B3%7D%20%5C%5C%20x_1%3D3-%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7B3%7D%20%5C%5C%20x_2%3D3%2B%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7B3%7D%20%5Cend%7Bgathered%7D)
Then, the solutions to the equation are:
x = 0
x = 3 - √3
x = 3 + √3