Question

x + (x+5) + (x-1) + x + (x+8) => 5x + 12

Answer 1

Start out by removing parentheses. You get a bunch of x-terms and a bunch of constants. Now combine like terms. What do you get on the left side?

Answer 2

20x?

Answer 3

No. Remember that only other terms with x's in them can combine with terms with x's in them.\[x + x + 5 + x - 1 + x + x + 8 = 5x + 12\]

Answer 4

Do you understand how I got 5x + 12?

Answer 5

no

Answer 6

First I combined all the x terms. There are five x-terms. That makes 5 times x, or 5x.

Answer 7

And then there are a bunch of random numbers, which are 5, -1, and 8, so I add them up to get 12. So it's 5x + 12.

Answer 8

Do you understand?

Answer 9

5x + 12 is in the problem

Answer 10

x +x + 5 + x - 1 + x + x + 8 => 5x + 12
This is an inequality...correct ?