I have never been good at this! Solve for x.
-6x + 11 -9x + 2

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I have never been good at this! Solve for x.
-6x  +  11      -9x  +  2

anonymous · Answer

i just need some guidance  on how to get to the answer and so i can learn it

matheducatormcg · Answer

i always like to start off by isolating my variables to one side and the constants to the other side.
A good trick to to determine the larger value with the variable and isolate variables to that side.
-6x is bigger than -9x, so I move the -9x to the other side with -6x.

matheducatormcg · Answer

then move the constants(numbers with no variables) to the other side and divide.

matheducatormcg · Answer

So, add 9x to both sides and subtract 11 from both sides.  only thing left is division.

matheducatormcg · Answer

gotta bolt.  hope that helped.

anonymous · Answer

Maybe i did something wrong because i got 1.125 haha

matheducatormcg · Answer

$$-6x+11=-9x+2$$
after you add 9x to both sides you get
$$3x+11=2$$
now subtract 11 from both sides to get
$$3x=-9$$

matheducatormcg · Answer

now divide.  did that help?

anonymous · Answer

haa yeah! i did it wrong haha i did it all weird! thanks! :)

matheducatormcg · Answer

life and wife are calling.  I'm out.