SOLUTION: ok i wont dump all of my homework on you i just really need help 6x-24+4x= -2x +6 2x-24= -2x+ 6 4x-24=6 -24 -24 4x over 4 and 30 over 4 gah, this doesnt divide evenly. p

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Question 173721: ok i wont dump all of my homework on you i just really need help
6x-24+4x= -2x +6
2x-24= -2x+ 6
4x-24=6
-24 -24
4x over 4 and 30 over 4
gah, this doesnt divide evenly.
please help, me with this
and finding the check.

Answer by elima(1433) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Your steps are correct, you are not watching your signs;
6x-24+4x= -2x +6
you are going to add the 6x + 4x; the minus sign goes with the 24, not the 4. The 4 is positive.
10x-24= -2x+ 6
Then you should have added the 2x to both sides, it is a negative 2, so you need to add to cancel it out;
12x-24=6
+24 +24
you would add 24 to both sides since it is negative;
12x = 30
The answer is a mixed fraction;
x = 30%2F12
x = 2%281%2F5%29
CHECK:
6x-24+4x= -2x +6
6%2830%2F12%29-24+%2B+4%2830%2F12%29=+-2%2830%2F12%29%2B6
%28180%2F12%29-24%2B%28120%2F12%29=%28-60%2F12%29%2B6
%28300%2F12%29-24=%28-60%2F12%29%2B6
%28300%2F12%29%2B+%2860%2F12%29+=+6+%2B24
%28360%2F12%29=+30
30 = 30
:)