Can someone please explain to me how to solve an equation with variables on both sides?

Ex.
4-t=3(t-1)-5

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Can someone please explain to me how to solve an equation with variables on both sides?

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   4-t=3(t-1)-5

anonymous · Answer

Ok so what you want to do is try to first go through each mathematical operation (in order of paranthesis, exponents, x and / left to write and + and - left to write. and combine like terms on each side of the = sign)... So could you simplify the right side of this equation really quickly?

anonymous · Answer

So would it become t=7(t-6)?

anonymous · Answer

ok 3(t-1)-5 the 3 is touching the paranthesis so that means it is distributing the 3 to the other terms inside of the sis. So it is 3t-3-5 so the right hand side it 3t-8

anonymous · Answer

http://hotmath.com/help/gt/genericalg1/section_1_4.html hopefully this can help

anonymous · Answer

thanks :)