Question

Solve the equation 12x+6y= 24 for x.

Answer 1

x=1.5 What you want to start with is isolating the x variable. To do that you want to get the 6y on the other side of the equal sign so you subtract 6y and so your equation should look like this 12x=-6y+24. Now you need to get x by itself so you need to divide the -6y+24 by 12 to get the x by itself. That then gets you -.5+2=x so the final answer would be x=1.5

Answer 2

Answer: x = -1/2y + 2

Explanation:

12x + 6y = 24 To solve for x first start by subtracting 6y from both sides

- 6y -6y

12x = 24 - 6y Now divide each side by 12

x= 2 - 1/2y