Question

There are two approaches to solving the equation -3x + 10 = 4x - 20

What is the answer? pls help      

Subtract 4x from both sides. OR Add 3x to both sides.

              –7x + 10 = –20 OR 10 = 7x – 20

Solve the equation using both approaches.

What is the solution?

Answer 1

What is the solution?

✔ x = 30/7

Explanation:

You can take this equation into two approaches.

#1 subtracting 4x from both sides:

-3x+10=4x-20 (subtract 4x from each side)

-7x+10=-20 (then subtract 10 from each side)

-7x=-30 (then divide by -7 to get x by itself)

x=30/7

#2 Add 3x to both sides:

-3x+10=4x-20 (Add 3x to both sides)

10=7x-20 (then add 20 to each side)

30=7x (divide both sides by 7)

30/7=x

Either way you do it you will get x=30/7 as your answer.

Answer 2

X =30/7

Explanation:

The first way would be something like:

-7x + 10 = -20. The first thing we would do is to subtract 10 from both sides.

Therefore,

-7x+10-10=-20-10

Simplified, we get

-7x=-30

Remove the negative symbols

7x =30

x=30/7

Second example:

10=7x - 20

Add 20 to both sides.

10+20=7x-20+20

Simplified,

30=7x

x = 30/7