Question

Maria solved an equation as shown below. What is the solution to Maria’s equation?

Answer 1

Explanation:

It's A

Answer 2

`x=19`

Explanation:

We have the following equation

`3(x+6)=5(x-4)`

Notice that in this equation the variable that we want to find is x.

Then the equation for the variable x must be solved

After applying the distributive property and simplifying the equation Maria obtained the following result

`19=x`

This is the same as:

`x=19`

That means that the value of x for which equality is met is
`x = 19`. Therefore the solution of the equation is
`x = 19`