Question

9w+5=12w-4? Please Help i want to learn the steps and figure out the answer myself. Im stuck on how to isolate the w's

Answer 1

first move all the terms with w to one side
do you have any idea how to do this?

Answer 2

sorta kinda

Answer 3

ok then what will you do?

Answer 4

umm lol like you said move all the w's to one side.. But idk why or how

Answer 5

ok then, tell me what will happen to the entire thing if we subtract 9w from both sides of the equation?

Answer 6

so -9 on the 4 to?

Answer 7

basically we start with
9w+5=12w-4
we subtract 9w on both sides
9w+5-9w=12w-4-9w

the 9w on the left side cancels out
on the right side, it becomes 3w
so you get 5=3w-4
do you understand this?

Answer 8

yess. i do

Answer 9

4-9w would just stay as 4-9w
the 9w wouldnt affect a constant, unless it was 4w instead

Answer 10

exactly.

Answer 11

answer is 3

Answer 12

ok now that you have 5=3w-4
any idea what to do next?
we want the constants to be on the other side of the w

Answer 13

yea the answer is 3 good job

Answer 14

im not dumb you know lol my honors geometry teacher got us doing this worksheet to "refresh our minds"

Answer 15

no offense to you or anyone, but alot of people dont understand this
it gets really frustrating from time to time having to explain it as simple as possible
and even then sometimes people still dont get it

Answer 16

so better safe than sorry

Answer 17

yeah you kinda told me that yesterday. and i understand im just being a bit lazy thats it