How do you solve $6(2x – 3) = 30$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-15T01:17:49

$x = 4$

Start:

$6(2x-3)=30$

Distribute the 6:

$12x - 18 = 30$

Add 18 to both sides:

$12x = 48$

Divide both sides by 12:

$x = 4$

Answer 2 · 2018-03-15T01:27:22

The answer is x = 4

First you distribute the 6 to all the terms
inside the parenthesis.
This makes the equation look like this:

$12x-18=30$

Then you isolate the x variable by shifting
all constants to the other side.
The equation would look like this:

$12x=30+18$

Now you just simplify the problem and
then divide the variable by the coefficient.

$12x=48$

$(12x)/12=48$

$x=4$

How do you solve 6(2x – 3) = 306(2x – 3) = 30?