document.write( "Question 110845: Can you please tell me if i did this right?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "7x - 3 = -5x - 18\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "add 5x to both sides which is 7x + 5x = 12x
\n" ); document.write( "and add 3 to both sides which is -18 +3 = -15
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\n" ); document.write( "x= - 15/12 = 1 1/4 \n" ); document.write( "
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Yes. You did it correctly. Just to decrease your chances of making an error, you might want
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\n" ); document.write( "Given:
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\n" ); document.write( "7x - 3 = -5x - 18
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\n" ); document.write( "Add 5x to both sides to convert the equation to:
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\n" ); document.write( "12x - 3 = -18
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\n" ); document.write( "Add 3 to both sides to further reduce the equation to:
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\n" ); document.write( "12x = -15
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\n" ); document.write( "Solve for x by dividing both sides by 12 (which is the multiplier of x):
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\n" ); document.write( "x = -15/12 = -1 1/4
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\n" ); document.write( "But, what you did is just a shortened version of the above. You did nothing wrong and
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