what does 5x-1=2x+5 equal? i tried working it out and i keep getting a decimal.

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jim_thompson5910 · Answer

What did you get for the answer?

anonymous · Answer

1.3

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

5x-1=2x+5

5x=2x+5+1

5x-2x=5+1

Did you get this as part of your work?

anonymous · Answer

the first one, 5x-1=2x+5
and everytime i work it out i get a decimal and it keeps on saying its wrong.

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

No I meant the steps I listed out above, did you follow those same steps?

anonymous · Answer

no i did it differently

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

can I see how you did it?

anonymous · Answer

yeah i did it two ways, just to see if i got different answers and i did and they both were a decimal and its not supposed to be a decimal. heres one. 
5x-1=2x+5 
3x-1=5
then i subtracted the 1 from both sides (1 and 5)
and i got 4 and then i divided 4 and 3 and got 1.3

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

ah i see where you went wrong

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

you need to add one to both sides to get

3x-1=5

3x-1+1=5+1

3x = 6

anonymous · Answer

ahhhh i got yaaa thank you so much!

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

you're welcome :)