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13.3x + 8.1 = 74.6 solve for x

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Answer:

x = 5

Explanation:

1) Get rid of the 8.1

Whenever you are given a question like this you have to try get rid of any other numbers on the side with the x that don't include the x.

We can see that we can first get rid of the 8.1 to do this we have to subtract 8.1 from both sides.

13.3x + 8.1 -8.1 = 13.3x

74.6 - 8.1 =66.5

2) Isolate the x

To get our final value of x you have to divide both sides from 13.3! This is because we were previously left with 13.3x = 66.5 and we can see that you have to multiply 13.3 by x to get 66.5, in return to find x you should have to do the inverse.

66.5 ÷ 13.3 = 5

HINT:

For every question like this you have to do the inverse of whatever you are given. For example, we had to take away 8.1 because in the question it says add!

Hope this helps, have a great day!

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