document.write( "Question 139203: I'm soooo confused, I'm in the 7th grade and my math teacher isn't explaining algebra in a way I understand. I understand and can figure out that 1/3(s+6)=3 and that 's' is -3 (I think) but what I don't get is 2/3(x18)=-6. I DON'T GET IT!!! What's the answer and how do I get it? Please help!My teacher tried to help with a diffrent problem, 2/3x=12 with 'x'being 18 she wrote out the way to solve it but it still dosn't make any sense to me \n" ); document.write( "
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I understand and can figure out that 1/3(s+6)=3 and that 's' is -3 (I think) but what I don't get is 2/3(x18)=-6. I DON'T GET IT!!! What's the answer and how do I get it? Please help!My teacher tried to help with a diffrent problem, 2/3x=12 with 'x'being 18.
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\n" ); document.write( "Let's look at the three equations you mentioned:
\n" ); document.write( "1st: (1/3)(x+6) = 3
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides by 3 to get-------
\n" ); document.write( "x+6 = 9
\n" ); document.write( "Subtract 6 from both sides to get-----
\n" ); document.write( "x = 3
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\n" ); document.write( "2nd: (2/3)(x18)= -6
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides by (3/2) to get---------
\n" ); document.write( "x18 = -9
\n" ); document.write( "Divide both sides by 18 to get------------
\n" ); document.write( "x = -1/2
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\n" ); document.write( "(2/3)x = 12
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides by (3/2) to get:
\n" ); document.write( "x = 18
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\n" ); document.write( "cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "
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