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6(6x+6)-5=1+6x solve for x

User Liang Zhou
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The first step to solve this problem is to simplify first the expression with the parenthesis:

6 (6x + 6) – 5 = 1 + 6x

36x + 36 – 5 = 1 + 6x

36x – 6x = 1 + 5 – 36

30x = -30

x = -1

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