Associative Property: Using variables

Let's solve the exercise from left to right.

We will combine the left expression in the following way:

$\frac{6+8}{7}x=\frac{14}{7}x=2x$

Now we get:

$2x+3\frac{2}{3}x=5\frac{2}{3}x$

We move the fraction to the beginning of the exercise and will place the rest of the exercise in parentheses to make solving the equation easier:

$\frac{a}{4}+(2-2)=$

$\frac{a}{4}+0=\frac{a}{4}$

This exercise can be solved in order, but to make it easier, the associative property can be used

$-5+(3+4)=$

$-5+7=$

$7-5=2$

Let's begin by combining the simple fractions into a single multiplication exercise:

$\frac{3\times2}{4\times3}\times2\frac{1}{4}x=$

Let's now proceed to solve the exercise in the numerator and denominator:

$\frac{6}{12}\times2\frac{1}{4}x=$

Finally we'll simplify the simple fraction in order to obtain the following:

$\frac{1}{2}\times2\frac{1}{4}x=1\frac{1}{8}x$

We will factor each of the terms in the exercise into a whole number and its remainder.

We get:

$10x+0.1x+5x+0.2x+2x+0.4x=$

Now we'll combine only the whole numbers:

$10x+5x+2x=15x+2x=17x$

Now we'll calculate the remainder:

$0.1x+0.2x+0.4x=0.3x+0.4x=0.7x$

And now we'll get the exercise:

$17x+0.7x=17.7x$

According to the order of operations rules, we'll solve the exercise from left to right:

$0.2x+8.6x=8.8x$

We'll break down 8.8 into a smaller addition exercise that will be easier for us to calculate:

$8x+0.8x+0.65x=$

Now we'll use the commutative property since the exercise only involves addition.

Let's focus on the leftmost addition exercise, remembering that:

$0.8=0.80$$$

We'll calculate the following exercise:

$0.80x+0.65x=1.45x$

And finally, we'll get the exercise:

$8x+1.45x=9.45x$

According to the rules of the order of operations, we first eliminate the parentheses.

Remember that a positive times a positive will give a positive result, and a positive times a negative will give a negative result.

Therefore, we obtain:

$4a+5a-2-4a+10=$

Now, we arrange the exercise in a more comfortable way using the substitution property:

$4a+5a-4a+10-2=$

We solve the exercise from left to right, starting by adding the coefficients a:

$4a+5a-4a=9a-4a=5a$

Now we obtain:

$5a+10-2=5a+8$

First, let's convert all mixed fractions to simple fractions:

$\frac{3\times6+5}{6}\times\frac{5\times6+5}{6}\times\frac{1}{3}x=$

Let's solve the exercises with the eight fractions:

$\frac{18+5}{6}\times\frac{30+5}{6}\times\frac{1}{3}x=$

$\frac{23}{6}\times\frac{35}{6}\times\frac{1}{3}x=$

Since the exercise only involves multiplication, we'll combine all the numerators and denominators:

$\frac{23\times35}{6\times6\times3}x=\frac{805}{108}x$

First, let's find a common denominator for 4, 8, and 6: it's 24.

Now, we'll multiply each fraction by the appropriate number to get:

$\frac{5\times4}{6\times4}x+\frac{7\times3}{8\times3}x+\frac{2\times6}{4\times6}x=$

Let's solve the multiplication exercises in the numerator and denominator:

$\frac{20}{24}x+\frac{21}{24}x+\frac{12}{24}x=$

We'll connect all the numerators:

$\frac{20+21+12}{24}x=\frac{41+12}{24}x=\frac{53}{24}x$

Let's break down the numerator into a smaller addition exercise:

$\frac{48+5}{24}=\frac{48}{24}+\frac{5}{24}=2+\frac{5}{24}=2\frac{5}{24}x$