Question

9x + 18 = 28x – 4
Steps Please.

Answer 1

You need all terms with x on one side and all numbers on the other.

Answer 2

Okay...so, by doing that. What do I have to do? I mean Should I combine like terms like 28x - 4 = 24 x and 9 + 18 = 27x, which makes my equation 24x = 27x?

Answer 3

9x+28x=23x
18-4=14
23x/23=0
23/14=1
x=1

Answer 4

Like terms are terms that have the same variable part.
On each side, the terms are not like terms and can't be combined.

Answer 5

9x + 18 = 28x – 4

9x and 18 are not like terms and can't be combined.
Likewise, 28x and -4 are not like terms and can't be combined.

Answer 6

Since we want all x-terms on one side, let's move all x-terms to the left side.
Since 28x is being added to -4 on the right side, we subtract 28x from both sides.

9x + 18 - 28x = 28x - 4 - 28x
9x - 28x + 18 = 28x - 28x - 4

Now we have like terms on each side that can be combined together, so we do it.

-19x + 18 = -4

Now we onlt have x on the left side.
We want the number terms on the right side.

Since 18 is being added to -19, we subtract 18 from both sides.

Answer 7

Okay, so I got what you meant and this is my work and what I got:

9x-28x=-4-18
-19x=-22
x=1.15789473684

Answer 8

-19x + 18 - 18 = -4 - 18

We combine like terms on both sides:

-19x = -22

Now we have all x-terms on the left side and all number terms on the right side.

x is being multiplied by -19, so to undo that, we divide both sides by -19:

\(\dfrac{-19x}{-19} = \dfrac{-22}{-19} \)

We reduce the fractions on both soides to get:

\(x = \dfrac{22}{19} \)

This is the final answer.

Answer 9

Okay, so we got the right answer. Yay. Thanks.

Answer 10

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