document.write( "Question 479860: I am working on my math packet for school. I came across a section in it, in which i completely forgot how to do. i asked my family and they helped me on most of the problems but they couldn't help me figure this one out.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I am suppose to determine the answer for each problem. Simplify when possible:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Here is the equation: \"3%282x%2B1%29-%28x-5%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I've tried combining the \"x\"s and I have also tried using the order of operations but no matter what i use, it seems like i can't solve it.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If you could go through each step and explain what you did and why you did it, i would make it much easier for me to understand and i would greatly appreciate it.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #328754 by Theo(13342)\"\" \"About 
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you did not show an equation.
\n" ); document.write( "you showed an expression.
\n" ); document.write( "that expression has to be equal to something.
\n" ); document.write( "for example:
\n" ); document.write( "100 = 3*(2x+1) - (x-5)
\n" ); document.write( "assuming that's your equation, it would be solved as follos:
\n" ); document.write( "expand the equation by performing the indicated operations to get:
\n" ); document.write( "100 = 3*(2x+1) - (x-5) becomes:
\n" ); document.write( "100 = 6x + 3 - x + 5
\n" ); document.write( "combine like terms to get:
\n" ); document.write( "100 = 5x + 8
\n" ); document.write( "subtract 8 from both sides of the equation to get:
\n" ); document.write( "92 = 5x
\n" ); document.write( "divide both sides of the equation by 5 to get:
\n" ); document.write( "92/5 = x
\n" ); document.write( "that can't be simplified any further so that's your answer.
\n" ); document.write( "in decimal form, the answer would be:
\n" ); document.write( "18.4 = x which can also be written as:
\n" ); document.write( "x = 18.4
\n" ); document.write( "you need to determine what the other side of your equation is before you can solve it.
\n" ); document.write( "i picked 100 just to show you how it's done.
\n" ); document.write( "you need to replace the 100 with the actual number from your problem and then solve using similar steps.\r
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