How do you solve 3x - 5 = 2x + 6?

1 Answer
Apr 11, 2016

x=11

Explanation:

In order to calculate the value of x, we need to move all of the x values to one side and the integers to the other by essentially performing the opposite operation to the sign in front of each value. For example if we had: **

x-3=5
We need to add 3 to the other side of the equation.
x=5+3

Let's now use this technique to solve for x in your equation:
3x-5=2x+6
3x-5-2x=6
x-5=6
x=6+5
Therefore, x=11