Question

2+2*8-6x=19 \[x=-\frac{ 1 }{ 6 }\]

Answer 1

You are solving for x, correct?

Answer 2

PEMDAS

Answer 3

And just to warn you, it does not come out to an even number, if I did it correctly.

Answer 4

To solve for x, you have to get it by itself on the other side of the equal sign. Start by moving the "-6x" to the right.

It will look like this:
2+2*8=19+6x

You change it to +6x because the symbol becomes its opposite.

Answer 5

According to the order of operations, you would need to multiply 2 by 8 first, then add and subtract.

Answer 6

Now you move the 19 to the other side, and since it doesn't not have a symbol, it is automatically positive, and you change it to negative when moving it left.

2+2*8-19=6x

Now solve for this:
2+2*8-19
2+16-19
18-19
-1

So you now have:
-1=6x


To get to the x, you divide because since the x is touching the 6 they are multiplying, and you are to do the opposite.
Solve:
6 divided by -1 = x

Answer 7

\[6\div-1=x\]

Answer 8

What do you think x is?

Answer 9

6 divided by -1 is -6, so
x=-6

Answer 10

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Answer 11

@chrisjones32

Answer 12

it would actually be \[x=-\frac{ 1 }{ 6 }\] because 6x was equal to -1. then you would divide -1 by 6.