How do you solve $24.6- 3x = 5.4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-21T03:56:18

See a solution process below:

Step 1) Subtract $color(red)(24.6)$ from each side of the equation to isolate the $x$ term while keeping the equation balanced:

$-color(red)(24.6) + 24.6 - 3x = -color(red)(24.6) + 5.4$

$0 - 3x = -19.2$

$-3x = -19.2$

Step 2) Divide each side of the equation by $color(red)(-3)$ to solve for $x$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$(-3x)/color(red)(-3) = (-19.2)/color(red)(-3)$

$(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(-3)))x)/cancel(color(red)(-3)) = 6.4$

$x = 6.4$

How do you solve 24.6- 3x = 5.424.6- 3x = 5.4?