How do you solve #3x + 18= - 18#?

3 Answers
Mar 6, 2018

Isolate #x# and solve to get #-12#.

Explanation:

In order to solve for #x#, we want to get #x# alone. In this case, we can subtract 18 from both sides in order to get the #3x# alone:
#3x = -36#

Now to isolate #x#, we divide both sides by 3:
#x = -12#

#x= -12#

Explanation:

#3x+18 = -18 #

Subtract #18# from both sides, since you wanna isolate the #x#, which gets you

#3x=-36#

Divide both sides by #3# to get the value for one #x#.

#x= -12#

Aug 6, 2018

#x=-12#

Explanation:

To get our constants on one side, we can subtract #18# from both sides. We now have the equation

#3x=-36#

Lastly, we can divide both sides by #3# to get

#x=-12#

Hope this helps!