Question

First, we can drop the first set of parentheses but need to distribute the negative sign to the second set of parentheses.

x+5−1(2x−3)=6

x+5−1(2x)+(−1)(−3)=6

x+5−2x+3=6

There are two sets of like terms, the x
and −2x
, and 5
and 3
. So we need to get those terms together.

+

=6

Subtracting 8
from both sides gives us:

−x=−2

And finally, multiplying both sides by −1
gives us:

x=2

Answer 1

-2x+8 goes into the little boxes