How do you solve $11x-5=-14$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-28T02:39:00

$color(purple) "x = - 0.81818"$

$color(coral)("Add 5 to both sides:")$

$11x-5= -14$
$color(white)(aaa)+5$ $color(white)(aaq) +5$

5 cancels out on the left side, and when you add 5 to -14 on the right you get -9:

$11x= -9$

$color(green)("Divide both sides 11 to get x by itself.")$

$(cancel"11"x)/cancel11=(-9)/11$

Now you are just left with $x$ on the left side and -0.81818 on the right side.

Thus,
$color(red)"x = -0.81818"$

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