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Solve for x. Can somebody help me? I don’t understand how to do this.

Solve for x. Can somebody help me? I don’t understand how to do this.-example-1
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"Solve for x" means get an equation that says " X = something ". It has nothing but X all alone on one side, and the other side tells exactly what X is equal to.

How do you get such an equation ?

-- Take what they gave you in the question.

-- Do anything you want on one side of it, to get X all by itself on that side.

BUT . . .

-- Whatever you do to one side, you must immediately do the same thing on the other side.

Here's how that goes:

Given in the question: -1 = (5 + X) / 6

Multiply each side by 6 : -6 = 5 + X

Subtract 5 from each side: -11 = X

And there you are. It's over almost as soon as it started.

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-1=(5+x)/(6)\\\\-6=5+x\\\\x=-11

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