It looks right to me, so I must be wrong... help? :')
1. Find, explain, and correct the error in the solution given.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7) 3x = 24
(8)
(9) x = 8

Question

It looks right to me, so I must be wrong... help? :')
1.	Find, explain, and correct the error in the solution given.
(1)  
(2)   
(3)   
(4)   
(5)   
(6)   
(7)  3x = 24
(8)  
(9)  x = 8

blurbendy · Answer

why are 1-6, and 8 empty?

anonymous · Answer

Whoops... for some reason half of the thing is missing O_O they do have weird symbols, I guess my computer isn't capable of loading them.... brb, let me type it manually

blurbendy · Answer

you can also take a screenshot and post it here using Attach File

thesmartone · Answer

or using lightshot...

anonymous · Answer

Ohhh, good idea! thanks! Here you go :)

anonymous · Answer

It's combined operations, btw, if that helps c:

blurbendy · Answer

Notice anything funny about step 4?

blurbendy · Answer

remember PEMDAS

Parentheses 
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

as the order of operations

mertsj · Answer

$$\frac{3x-2}{4}=\frac{3x}{4}-\frac{2}{4}=\frac{3x}{4}-\frac{1}{2}$$

mertsj · Answer

So, in step 4, you should add 1/2 to both sides NOT 2

anonymous · Answer

Okay, thank you! :D

blurbendy · Answer

if you dont want to deal with fractions, you can also just multiply both sides by 4