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3x-5/6=1/6 what does x=?

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Answer:

x = 2

Explanation:


(3x-5)/(6) = (1)/(6) \\

In order to solve this, you must get the denominator off of the left-hand side of the equation, by multiplying 6 on each side, in order to get the denominators to cancel. This leaves you with:


3x-5 = 6/6\\3x-5 = 1

Then, you add 5 to each side.


3x = 6

Divide by 3, to get x by itself.


x = 2

Which gets us to our final answer of x = 2.

Then, you can plug x back into the equation just to double-check yourself:


(3(2)-5)/(6) = (1)/(6) \\\\(6-5)/(6) = (1)/(6)\\\\(1)/(6) = (1)/(6)

I hope that this helped you understand to concept a little better. Good luck.

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