SOLUTION: how do you solve this -3(2x-1)=x+10

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Question 635256: how do you solve this -3(2x-1)=x+10
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  • This is an equation! Solutions: x=-1.
  • Graphical form: Equation was fully solved.
  • Text form: -3*(2x-1)=x+10 simplifies to 0=0
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DETAILED EXPLANATION

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Moved these terms to the left highlight_green%28+-x+%29,highlight_green%28+-10+%29
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Expanded term -3 by using associative property on %282%2Ax-1%29
It becomes .
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Multiplied numerator integers
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Multiplied numerator integers
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Added fractions or integers together
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Moved -7 to the right of expression
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Removed extra sign in front of -7
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Eliminated similar terms highlight_red%28+-6%2Ax+%29,highlight_red%28+-x+%29 replacing them with highlight_green%28+%28-6-1%29%2Ax+%29
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Added fractions or integers together
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Removed extra sign in front of -7
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Remove unneeded parentheses around factor highlight_red%28+7+%29
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Solved linear equation highlight_red%28+-7%2Ax-7=0+%29 equivalent to -7*x-7 =0
It becomes .
Result:
This is an equation! Solutions: x=-1.

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