Justin D. answered • 09/16/14
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First you should distribute the negative sign on the right side and combine like terms. Then you should be able to isolate x to get the correct answer. Then check your answer by plugging it into the original problem to see if both side come out equal.
Sydnee R.
Nevermind, I got it, thanks!
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Justin D.
It looks like you are adding an extra step that is not needed. You are distributing fine to get 9x-5=19-6x-5 at this point on the right side you just need to combine the 19 and -5 since they are on the same side of the equation you do not need to add 5 to both you just need to do 19-5 and you should get 9-5x=14-6x
from here you just isolate
9-5x=14-6x
+6x +6x
9+x=14
-9 -9
x=5
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