Question 56031
Goal: to isolate w by it's self to determine the value.
You would combine like terms first
-6w - 12 - 3w = 2
-9w - 12 = 2 ----add 12 to both sides
-9w = 14 --------divide each side by -9
w = {{{-1(2/3)}}}
or w = -1.5557


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