Question

6[x-(2x+3)]=8-5x
how do you solve?

Answer 1

Order of operations

Answer 2

you know PEMDAS?

Answer 3

what do [ and ] mean ?

Answer 4

Same as ( )
The just look different so that you can see which ones are paired.

Answer 5

nothing really important. Just means that there's another parenthesis so that you don't get confused with the two

Answer 6

do you see how we got to 6x - 12x - 18 = 8 -5x?

Answer 7

yes thank you(:

Answer 8

no problem(: can you take it from here?

Answer 9

yes i can(:

Answer 10

so you got x = -26 right?

Answer 11

yes