How do you solve \frac { 2x - 1} { 3} + \frac { 4x - 2} { 2} = 12?

1 Answer
Mar 2, 2018

the answer is x=5

Explanation:

you can factor out the equation,4x-2 to get 2x-1 now you can Factor out the common term 2 then cancel it out. now multiply 3 to both sides to get 2x−1+6x−3=36 now Simplify 2x-1+6x-3 to 8x−4 now add 4 to both sides. now you can divide by 8 and viola!