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Can you put this in the right order

Can you put this in the right order-example-1
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Answer:

The first will be the distributive property.

The second will be adding 6x on both sides.
The third will be subtracting 2 on both sides.

The fourth is dividing both sides by 11.

The last is the solution.

Explanation:

Whenever you see parentheses with an operator between numbers, you use the distributive property(Meaning to multiply -3x(2) and 2(4).
Which gets you to the second step. Adding 6x on both sides. This action will undo the -6x and adding 5x + 6x will get you 11x.
Then, you subtract +2(canceling it entirely, because remember: we need to isolate x on one side of the equation).
Lastly, you will divide both sides by 11 to get to your solution.

x = 6/11

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