Question

What is the first step to solving the following equation?5x – 11 = 42

Answer 1

add 11 on both sides

Explanation:

to solve this, you want x alone on one side. To achieve this, you first add 11 on both sides, so you only have the 5x alone.
Second step then is something to get only one x on the left side ;-)
(divide both sides by 5)

Answer 2

the first step is to get the x term by itself on one side