Answer: x = -3
Step-by-step explanation: To solve for x, we must first isolate the term containing x which in this problem is -2x.
Since 3 is being added to -2x, we subtract 3 from
both sides of the equation to isolate the -2x.
On the left, the +3 and -3 cancel out and on the right, 9 - 3 is 6.
So we have -2x = 6.
Now we can finish things off by just dividing
both sides of the equation by -2.
On the left the -2's cancel and on right, 6 divided by -2 is -3.
Thus, the solution to this equation is x = -3.