Question

What is the solution to the equation?
-7(x-4)+8x=12+14
x=?

Answer 1

This is a linear equation hence the easy method of approach can be the variable splitting.

Here if we take all the x terms to the right we will have.

-7x+8x=12+14+28
=>x=54

ref: http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/resources/uploaded/mc-ty-simplelinear-2009-1.pdf

Answer 2

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Answer 3

1. order of operations
2. isolate the variable on one side only
3. solve for x