Question

3 - 2x = 5 + 4x

Answer 1

3-2x=5+4x
move 4 over to the left
subtracting 4x from both sides
3-2x-4x=5
subtract 4x from -2x to get -6x
3-6x=5
Since 3 does not contain the variable to solve for, move it to the right-hand side of the equation by subtracting 3 from both sides.
-6x=-3+5

Add 5 to -3 to get 2.

-6x=2

Divide each term in the equation by -6.
Simplify the left-hand side of the equation by canceling the common factors.

Simplify the equation.
X= 2/-6
x= - 1/3