document.write( "Question 1102461: I need help solving this question
\n" ); document.write( "-2(x+3-6x=2x-3(x+4). I got down to -7x=-6 but don't know if that's right \n" ); document.write( "

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You are missing a closing parenthesis.
\n" ); document.write( "I assume you meant
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-2%28x%2B3%29-6x=2x-3%28x%2B4%29\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "Naturally, you started by clearing parentheses by applying the distributive property,
\n" ); document.write( "going from
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-2%28x%2B3%29-6x=2x-3%28x%2B4%29\"$ to $\"-2x-6-6x=2x-3x-12\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "After that, you may have collected like terms on each side, to get
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-8x-6=-x-12\"$ ,
\n" ); document.write( "followed by adding $\"x%2B6\"$ to both sides of the equal sign,
\n" ); document.write( "to get the equivalent equation
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-8x-6%2Bx%2B6=-x-12%2Bx%2B6\"$ , which simplifies to $\"-7x=-6\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The next step is to multiply both sides of the equal sign times $\"-1%2F7\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "Your teacher may call that divide by $\"-7\"$ ).
\n" ); document.write( "That takes you from $\"%28-7%29%2Ax=%28-6%29\"$ to $\"%28-1%2F7%29%2A%28-7%29%2Ax=%28-1%2F7%29%2A%28-6%29\"$ ,
\n" ); document.write( "which simplifies to $\"1%2Ax=6%2F7\"$ or $\"highlight%28x=6%2F7%29\"$ .
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\n" ); document.write( "What you did is one if many absolutely correct ways to handle the problem.
\n" ); document.write( "You may not like the minus signs, but there is no reason to be afraid of negative numbers
\n" ); document.write( "(unless you see them in your bank account balance of the outdoor thermometer reading). \n" ); document.write( "

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