How do you solve $6x-9=x-3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-11T08:27:32

$x = 6/5$

To solve this, you need to get the variables on one side and the integers on the other side of the equation:

$6x - x - 9 + 9 = x - x - 3 + 9$

$5x = 6$

Then by dividing both sides by $5$ the solution is:

$5x/5 = 6/5, therefore x = 6/5$

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