Step-by-step explanation: I'm going to use the answer... 4x +3= 7
1. So first you're going to move the 3 to the other side of the equation, but you can't do that without doing the opposite of whatever the symbol says. In this case the symbol is an addition sign. So we will do 3-3 leaving us with 0, then we will do 7-3.
After we have done the first step the equation looks like this... 4x=4
The next thing we will do is move the the 4 from the x.
Because the 4 and the x are multiplying that means that we must divide 4 from 4 to get the 4 away from the x. It will gives us 1 so it would like.. 1x but because anything multiplied by one always equals itself most of the time we just forget about the 1.
If we do 4 divided by 4 on one side though we must do it to the other side. 4 divided by 4 = 1.
The equation looks like this now... (x=1) or (1x+1)
If you aren't sure you got the right answer then all you have to do is plug in the answer you got where the x goes and see if it equals up to the answer.
4 x 1 +3 =7