Question

Question #fa508

Answer 1

The answer is -52

Explanation:

You solve this by moving everything but the x over to the right side of the equal sign.

First lets move the `-2/3` over by adding it to the -18. Remember that we have to do the "opposite" of what is happening to the term we want to solve for when we move a value over (since the `2/3` is being subtracted from the x, we have to add it to both sides to get rid of it on the left and add it to the -18).

This should give you `1/3`x = -17.3333

Next we have to multiply both sides by 3 so that we cancel out the `1/3` on the side with the x.

Since the `1/3` was being multiplied to the x we had to divide by `1/3` on both sides (which is the same thing as multiplying by 3).

This leaves you with x = -52

I hope this was helpful!

Answer 2

Retain term having `x` on the LHS and move remains terms to RHS of the equation.

`1/3 x -2/3=-18`
`=>1/3 x=-18+2/3`
Multiply both sides with `3`
`=>x=-18xx3+2`
`=>x=-54+2`
`=>x=-52`

It is assumed that first term is `1/3 x` and not `1/(3x)`