How do you solve $x/6-7=2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-18T15:02:28

$color(hotpink)("x=54$

$color(indigo)("Add 7 to both sides:")$

$x/6-7=2$
$color(white)(aa) +7 +7$

The 7's cancel out on the left side, and when you add 2+7 on the right side you obtain 9:

$x/6=9$

$color(green)("Multiply both sides 6 to remove the denominator,")$ $color(green)("doing this will get x by itself:")$

$x/cancel6xxcancel6=9xx6$

Now you are just left with $x$ on the left side and 54 on the right side.

Thus,
$color(blue)"x=54"$

How do you solve x/6-7=2x/6-7=2?