How do you solve #11x-5=-14#?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-28T02:39:00

#color(purple) "x = - 0.81818"#

#color(coral)("Add 5 to both sides:")#

#11x-5= -14#
#color(white)(aaa)+5# #color(white)(aaq) +5#

5 cancels out on the left side, and when you add 5 to -14 on the right you get -9:

#11x= -9#

#color(green)("Divide both sides 11 to get x by itself.")#

#(cancel"11"x)/cancel11=(-9)/11#

Now you are just left with #x# on the left side and -0.81818 on the right side.

Thus,
#color(red)"x = -0.81818"#