Question

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Answer 1

I would use the distributive property on both sides first. What will that give you?

Answer 2

-x-10=6x-16?

Answer 3

Perfect! Now move you x's to on side and your constants to the other!

Answer 4

5x=27?

Answer 5

Try again :) If you have 5x from doin -x + 6x on the left. Then the right side would be -16 + 10!

Answer 6

So 5x+6?

Answer 7

Well if you move x's to the left side, you get -x+6x = 5x, which you found! But then you have to move your constants to the other side. So you get -16+10 = -6.

So 5x=-6. Can you finish?

Answer 8

I don't understand. What do I do with 5x=-6?

Answer 9

Since you have multiplication on the left side (5 times x), you have to divide both sides by 5 to isolate x, and solve!

So 5x/5 = -6/5, therefore x = -6/5 ! :D