SOLUTION: dear tutor: please help! my equation is this: -0.36 - 1.05x = 9.2 please help me solve for x. thanks, joe

Question 120152: dear tutor: please help! my equation is this: -0.36 - 1.05x = 9.2 please help me solve for x. thanks, joe
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-0.36 - 1.05x = 9.2 solve
:
Get rid of the decimals, multiply equation by 100
-36 - 105x = 920
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Add 36 to each side:
-105x = 920 + 36
:
-105x = 956
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x =
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x ~ -9.1
:
:
Check solution in original equation
-.36 -1.05(-9.1) = 9.2
-.36 + 9.55 = 9.2; minus & minus = +
9.195 ~ 9.2
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