How do you solve for x: $(3x-3)=12$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-04T23:41:39

$x = 5$

Isolate the variable by getting all terms and coefficients to the other side of the equal sign.

$(3x - 3) = 12$

Given equation. Add $3$ to both sides to get $-3$ from the left side to the right side

$3x = 15$

Divide both sides by $3$ to get $x$ by itself, which would give us an exact answer

$x = 5$

We get $x = 5$ . We did this by getting the variable by itself on one side

How do you solve for x: (3x-3)=12(3x-3)=12?