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1) Given the equation ax + 3 2 = 6, solve for x.

User Salius
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ax+32=6
subtract 32 from both sides

ax+32-32=6-32
simplify

ax=-26
divide both sides by a

(ax)/(a)= (-26)/(a)
simplify

x=- (26)/(a)
Hope this helps
User Joe Davis
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ax + 32 = 6
- 32 = -32
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ax = -26
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a a

1x = -26
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a

x = -26
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a

User Tomasz Sikora
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