Question 173720
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Here's the correct solution.  Find your
errors and why you made them. Lots of
times things don't divide evenly, so gah,
you just get a fraction, that's all:

 6x - 24 + 4x = -2x + 6
10x - 24      = -2x + 6
12x - 24      =       6
    + 24            +24
12x           =      30
          12x = 30
            x = {{{30/12}}}
            x = {{{5/2}}}

Check:

{{{ 
matrix(5,1,
6x - 24 + 4x = -2x + 6,
 6(5/2) - 24 + 4(5/2) = -2(5/2) + 6,
30/2 - 24 + 20/2 = -10/2 + 6,
15 - 24 + 10 = -5 + 6,
1=1)}}}

Edwin</pre>