Question

Solve: 7x - 2(x + 1) = 6x + 14

Answer 1

do you know how to start this?

Answer 2

no im willing to learn tho, i dont just want an answer id like to know how to do it. Im not very good at these

Answer 3

good because that is what this is all about, so what is youre variable in this equation?

Answer 4

x

Answer 5

good, now you want to find all the terms which have x, so what would you do wth that 2?

Answer 6

add 2 too both sides? so the - 2 on the left cancels

Answer 7

careful, what is that -2 attached to. so for simplification you need to remember PEMDAS
Parenthesis
Exponents
Multiplication/division
Addition/subtraction

Answer 8

oh alright so i need to multiply by -2

Answer 9

divide*

Answer 10

yea multiply that -2 throughout (x+1)

Answer 11

ok so x + -2? im not sure what happens to the x

Answer 12

you