Question

Please help! Solve for X
2/5(12+x)=6-1/4(9-x)
I'm not sure what to do first...

Answer 1

\[\frac{ 2 }{ 5 }(12 + x) = 6 - \frac{ 1 }{ 4 }(9-x)\]

Answer 2

yes, sorry I don't know how to properly express the problem using my keyboard

Answer 3

First lets distribute

\[\frac{ 2 }{ 5 }(12 + x) \]

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Answer 5

ok thank you I will use it in the future.
so distributing would it be like \[\frac{ 2 }{ 5 }\times \frac{ 12 }{ 1 }\] first?

Answer 6

\[4.8 + \frac{ 2 }{ 5 }x = 6 - 2.25 - \frac{ 1 }{ 4 }x\]

This is what you should have gotten after successfully distributing on both sides

Answer 7

This is distributing. Multiplying the 1 by both the 2 and 3 inside

The result would be 2 + 3