SOLUTION: Ok so i need help with pre-algebra equations. i Don't get them at all. for example how do you solve the equation: 2(3x+6)=7x or another one like, 2 x = 1

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Question 254333: Ok so i need help with pre-algebra equations. i Don't get them at all. for example how do you solve the equation: 2(3x+6)=7x or another one like, 2 x = 1
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Answer by drk(1908) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have two questions, but I am not sure of the second.
2(3x+6)=7x
step 1 - we have a BIG parenthesis. This means distributive property. We get
6x + 12 = 7x.
step 2 - we want to isolate the x, so we have to move the 6x part. WE do that by subtracting 6x from both sides to get
12 = x.
That is the answer.