vanessafonti12
vanessafonti12 vanessafonti12
  • 07-10-2018
  • Mathematics
contestada

Show your work. Solve for x.
-3(x+2)+5x=-9

Respuesta :

cmoreno511 cmoreno511
  • 07-10-2018

-3(x+2)+5x=-9

-3(x)-3(2)+5x=9

-3x-6+5x=9

2x-6=9

2x=9+6

2x= 15

2x/2=15/2

X= 7.5

Answer Link
SomeoneSmart
SomeoneSmart SomeoneSmart
  • 07-10-2018

[tex]-3(x+2)+5x=-9[/tex]


Distribute the -3

[tex]-3x-6+5x=-9[/tex]

Combine like terms

[tex]2x-6=-9[/tex]

Add 6 on both sides

[tex]2x=-3[/tex]

Divide by 2 on both sides

[tex]x=-1.5[/tex]

x is equal to -1.5

Answer Link

Otras preguntas

what divided by 50 equels 8
PLEASE HELP ASAP!!!! CORRECT ANSWERS ONLY PLEASE!!!!
Let ​ x² + 15x = 49 .​ What values make an equivalent number sentence after completing the square? Enter your answers in the boxes. x^2+15x+ ____=_____
The initial stimulus for thinking about the legal reasoning in the lopez decision would be _____________.
Which hierarchy of effects supports the assumption that consumers act on the basis of their emotions and feelings when making purchase​ decisions?
earths mass into scientific notation, (5,980,000,000,000,000,000,000,000kg)
What was one result of the Black Plague in England?
Which of the four trails is the steepest geology 110?
The force of gravity exists between any two bodies. The ________ the mass of each body, the greater the gravitational pull. smaller colder hotter greater
What are the coordinates (x, y) at which the graphs of 2x + 3y = 12 and 2x - y = 4 intersect?