How do you solve #9x -5 (x-12)=30#?
2 Answers
Nov 6, 2015
x=-7.5
Explanation:
Multiply 5 through the parentheses and we get:
9x - 5x + 60 = 30
4x = -30
x = -7.5
Nov 6, 2015
Use the distributive property, combine like terms, and use basic operations to isolate
Explanation:
Starting from
Apply the distributive property to
Combining the like terms
Subtracting
Finally, dividing both sides of the equation by
Of course, we want to write the fraction in its reduced form, so