Question

20+10x=60+6x

Answer 1

20+ 10x -20 = 60 + 6x -20
10x = 40 + 6x
10x - 6x = 40 + 6x -6x
4x = 40

Answer 2

can you do the last step?

Answer 3

yeah

Answer 4

ok great =). the key rule is, you can perform any mathematical operation to both sides of an equation and have the equation still be true

Answer 5

so if you look above, you'll see that's all I did - I added or subtracted the same thing from both sides

Answer 6

the end goal is to get x all alone by itself

Answer 7

the the final thought process should be, how do I make 4x into just x?

Answer 8

and the answer is, you divide by 4

Answer 9

so since you divided 4x by 4, you have to divide the other side by 4 too to get the answer

Answer 10

so 4x = 40
4x/4 = 40/4
x = 10

Answer 11

and walla

Answer 12

thanx

Answer 13

np!