Question

solve: 7x+3(4x-1)=-79

Answer 1

What's your plan? Collect the 'x's. Distributive Property?

Answer 2

to solve for x

Answer 3

Excellent. What's stopping you?

Answer 4

adding the like terms

Answer 5

just the process

Answer 6

Work on this part, first: 3(4x-1)

Answer 7

okaii

Answer 8

12x-3

Answer 9

7x+3(4x-1)=-79
7x+12x -3=-79
19x=-79+3
19x=-76
x=-79/19
x=-4.1

Answer 10

Perfect. Now relace that part of the equation.

7x+3(4x-1)=-79

7x + 12x - 3 = -79

Now, the "like" terms are more easily identified. What's next?

Answer 11

thanx

Answer 12

nothing thank you sooo much

Answer 13

Be careful not to repeat Chica's error. Did you see it?

Answer 14

yes

Answer 15

my error, where is that?

Answer 16

well its not an error its just the way u wrote part of it i kind of got confused but then i got it

Answer 17

okay Kayla

Answer 18

wat?

Answer 19

@ Chica No, it's an error. You had -76, but then it magically turnd back into -79.

Answer 20

okay i saw it, thanks for identifying the problem

Answer 21

is there any way i can edit it?

Answer 22

14x+5(4-2x)=20

Answer 23

I know of no way to edit, other than [Copy], [Delete], [Repost].

Don't worry about it. It's in the discussion and is unlikely to lead to any confusion.

Answer 24

Okay, @KaylaStaff, this is EXACTLY like the last one. I recommend very strongly that you do the first demonstration.

Answer 25

i tried but im stuck @tkhunny

Answer 26

You have to do better than that. Take a deep breath. Think about how we did the last one. Take another deep breath. Apply what you learned from the last one to this one.

Distributive Property
Like Terms
etc.

Go!