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Make x the subject of this equation: ax+2=3x+b
Please!! Thank you

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User AndreiM
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simply just isolate x to the left on its own first.
ax+2=3x+b
-2 -2
ax=3x+b-2
-3x -3x
ax-3x=b-2

Then factorise x out
x(a-3)=b-2

Ans: x =
(b-2)/(a-3)
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User Thiago Macedo
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