The first thing you do is subtract 2 from both sides to move the 2 to the left side
3-6x=7x
now add 6x to both sides to move -6x to the right
3=13x
divide by 13 to eliminate the 13 on the right side
3/13
Answer:
x = 45
Step-by-step explanation:
0.4 + x(10%) = 4.9 . . . . . . given
x(10%) = 4.5 . . . . . . . . . subtract 0.4
x = 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . multiply by 10
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10 × 10% = 100% = 1
There are 27 cats if there are 45 dogs
