Question

Solve: The quantity 2 x minus 20 divided by 3 = 2x

Answer 1

(2x-20)/3 = 2x

start by multiplying both sides by 3

Answer 2

by both sides do you mean .. both sides of the equation ?

Answer 3

yes

Answer 4

\[\large \frac{2x-20}{3} =2x \]
yes multiply 3 throughout the equation

Answer 5

\(\bf {\color{brown}{ \cancel{3}}}\cdot \cfrac{2x-20}{\cancel{3}} ={\color{brown}{ 3}}\cdot 2x\)

Answer 6

so would i have 6x-60=6x ?

Answer 7

by multiplying 3 on both sides... the 3 for the left side ends up being canceled out

Answer 8

so .... 2x-20= 3 times 2x ? im lost .. im not good at math

Answer 9

or another way of seeing that there is cancellation
\[\large \frac{(3)(2x-20)}{3} =2x (3)\]
\[\large \frac{(6x-60)}{3} =2x (3)\]
\[\large 2x-20=6x\]

Answer 10

yeah you will have 2x-20= 3(2x) which becomes
2x-20=6x

Answer 11

okay i understand that part now

Answer 12

now we just have to have all variables to the left and all numbers to the right
so add 20 to both sides
and subtract 6x to both sides

Answer 13

can i solve it like a regular equation ....