How do you simplify $- 2 (x - 1) = x + 11$ $-2( x - 1) = x + 11$ ?

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How do you simplify $- 2 (x - 1) = x + 11$ $-2( x - 1) = x + 11$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-22T05:49:01

The solution of the equation is $x = - 3$ $x = -3$ .

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Begin by distributing the $- 2$ $-2$ , then use inverse operations to solve for $x$ $x$ .

$- 2 (x - 1) = x + 11$ $-2(x - 1) = x + 11$
$- 2 x + 2 = x + 11$ $-2x + 2 = x + 11$
$- 2 x - x + 2 = x - x + 11$ $-2x - x + 2 = x - x + 11$
$- 3 x + 2 = 11$ $-3x + 2 = 11$
$- 3 x + 2 - 2 = 11 - 2$ $-3x + 2 - 2 = 11 - 2$
$- 3 x = 9$ $-3x = 9$
$\frac{- 3 x}{- 3} = \frac{9}{- 3}$ $(-3x)/-3 = 9/-3$
$x = - 3$ $x = -3$

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