• first put all the x-values on one side and the rest on the other
Remember: when the number moves to the other side of the equal sign the sign (+ OR - switches. For ex: the 3 on the left becomes negative when moved to the right side of the equal sign)
To solve this problem, first we need to subtract 5 from 41, which gives us 36. Then we divide it by 3. The answer is 13. We used inverse operations to solve this problem.