Question

Solve: 3x + 5 - 13x = 25

Answer 1

Answer: x = -2

Explanation:

3x+5 -13x =25 combine like terms on the left side

-10x + 5 = 25 Subtract 5 from both sides

-5 -5

-10x = 20 Divide both sides -10

x = -2

Answer 2

`x = -2`

Explanation:

If we have the equation
`3x+5-13x=25`, we can isolate x on one side and find it's value.

Let's combine like terms.

`-10x + 5 = 25`

Subtract 5 from both sides:

`-10x + 5 - 5 = 25 - 5\\\\-10x = 20`

Divide both sides by -10:

`-10x/-10 = 20/-10\\\\x = -2`

So
`x = -2`.

Hope this helped!