Solving an Equation by Multiplication/ Division: Binomial

To solve the equation $5x + 10 = 3x + 18$, follow these steps:

1. Subtract $3x$ from both sides to get:

$5x - 3x + 10 = 18$

2. Simplify the equation:

$2x + 10 = 18$

3. Subtract $10$ from both sides:

$2x = 8$

4. Divide both sides by $2$:

$x = 4$

To solve the equation $7x - 3 = 4x + 9$, follow these steps:

1. Subtract $4x$ from both sides to get:

$7x - 4x - 3 = 9$

2. Simplify the equation:

$3x - 3 = 9$

3. Add $3$ to both sides:

$3x = 12$

4. Divide both sides by $3$:

$x=4$

To solve for$x$, first, get all terms involving $x$ on one side and constants on the other. Start from:

$4x - 7 = x + 5$

Subtract $x$ from both sides to simplify:

$3x - 7 = 5$

Add 7 to both sides to isolate the terms with$x$:

$3x = 12$

Divide each side by 3 to solve for$x$:

$x = 4$

Thus, $x$ is $4$.

First, we arrange the two sections so that the right side contains the values with the coefficient x and the left side the numbers without the x

Let's remember to maintain the plus and minus signs accordingly when we move terms between the sections.

First, we move a$5x$ to the right section and then the 22 to the left side. We obtain the following equation:

$-8-22=10x-5x$

We subtract both sides accordingly and obtain the following equation:

$-30=5x$

We divide both sections by 5 and obtain:

$-6=x$