How do you solve $- 97 - 2 x = 10 x + 119$ $-97- 2x = 10x + 119$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-04T17:20:17

$x = - 18$ $x = -18$

Here's how I did it:

$- 97 - 2 x = 10 x + 119$ $-97 - 2x = 10x + 119$

First, let's add $2 x$ $2x$ to both sides of the equation:
$- 97 = 12 x + 119$ $-97 = 12x + 119$

Now let's subtract $119$ $119$ from both sides of the equation:
$- 216 = 12 x$ $-216 = 12x$

Finally let's divide both sides by $12$ $12$ to get the value of $x$ $x$ :
$x = - 18$ $x = -18$

Hope this helps!

How do you solve −97−2x=10x+119-97- 2x = 10x + 119?