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Solve the equation. x6−9=7 x = ___ (type only an integer - no words, variables, or equal signs)

User Hila DG
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Answer:

We want to solve the equation:

x*6 - 9 = 7

To solve this we need to isolate x in one side of the equation.

First, we need to add 9 in both sides of the equation to get:

(x*6 - 9) + 9 = 7 + 9

x*6 - 9 + 9 = 16

x*6 = 16

Now we can divide both sides by 6, to get:

x*6/6 = 16/6

x = 16/6 = 2.66

This is not an integer as the question wants, so i only can suppose that the question is incorrectly written.

If the equation was something like:

x/6 - 9 = 7

Using the same approach than before (the only difference is that we multiply both sides by 6 in the second step), we would get:

x/6 = 7 + 9 = 16

x/6 = 16

x = 16*6 = 96

x = 96

Which is an integer, so i suppose that the actual equation is "x/6 - 9 = 7" instead of "x*6 - 9 = 7"

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