Question

Solve 5x – 3 = –3x + 5

Answer 1

do you have any idea how to do this one?

Answer 2

well i'll go ahead and tell you the direction to go:

Answer 3

by finding the value of X

Answer 4

yes good. we need to isolate it, can you tell me how you would do that? go about it the easiest way possible

Answer 5

no i dont know how?

Answer 6

ok, we would take the -3 on the left side and add it to both side of the equation so we get 5x - 3 + 3 = -3x + 5 +3 so that gives up 5x = -3x + 5 + 3

Answer 7

or just 5x = -3x + 8

Answer 8

can you do it from here? what do you think you would do next

Answer 9

okay i understand, whats next?

Answer 10

alright great. so then we still need to keep isolating that x, we aren't done yet. we will add 3x to both sides and get 3x + 5x = -3x + 8 + 3x and that will give us 8x = 8

Answer 11

X=1

Answer 12

yep!

Answer 13

ThankYou so much!

Answer 14

if you want to check yoruself you can put 1 where the x is in the equation and solve it that way and you should get the same number on both sides

Answer 15

you are very welcome, have a good night