SOLUTION: -27=-x+24 I need help

Question 732988: -27=-x+24 I need help
Found 2 solutions by checkley79, josmiceli:
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-27=-x+24
x=24+27
x=51 ans.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Think of the = sign as a balance point, and everything
on the left side has to balance everything on the right side.
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That means if you change the right side, you've thrown it out of balance
and now you have to do the same thing to the left side.
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If I subtract from the right side, then I have to do the same to the
left side, so

Doing this subtraction, I get
answer
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Then you can check by putting the answer back into the equation

Doing the operation on the right, I get

The equation is still balanced, so my solution was correct.
Hope this helps

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