SOLUTION: How do you figure out 3w+2=w-4? What are the steps to figure it out?

Question 358053: How do you figure out 3w+2=w-4? What are the steps to figure it out?
Found 2 solutions by nyc_function, mathtutor19:
Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Just combine like terms.

Put all the terms with the letters w on one side and the constants on the other.

Don't forget to change the signs when crossing the equal sign.

3w + 2 = w - 4

3w - w = - 2 - 4

2w = -6

To find w, we now divide both sides by 2.

w = -6/2

w = -3

Answer by mathtutor19(8) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You would have to get all the variables on one side of the equal sign and all the constants on the other.
So:
3w+2=w-4
Then you subtract w on both sides so:
(3w-w)+2=(w-w)-4
Then simplify the w's (the ones on the right side of the equal sign cancel out):
2w+2=-4
Then subtract 2 on each side:
2w+(2-2)=(-4-2)
Then 2's on the left side of the equal sign cancel out and -4-2 is -6 so:
2w=-6
Then divide each side by 2 so x is by itself (-6 divided by 2 is -3)
w=-3
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