6 subtracted from 6 times a number is 48. What is the number?

1 Answer
Mar 5, 2018

x = 9

Explanation:

You could write this expression algebraically as:

6x -6= 48

Now we can find x.

6x color(red)(cancel(color(black)(-6) +6))= 48color(red)(+6)

color(red)((cancel(6)color(black)(x))/cancel(6))= 54/color(red)(6)

x = 9

We can prove this by substituting the pronumeral x for 9 in the equation.

6 xx 9 -6= 48

54 -6= 48