Respuesta :
Answer: [tex]x=6[/tex]
Subtract 2x from both sides
[tex]8x-72-2x=2x-36-2x\\6x-72=-36[/tex]
Add 72 to both sides
[tex]6x-72+72=-36+72\\6x=36[/tex]
Divide both sides by 6
[tex]6x/6=36/6\\x=6[/tex]
Answer:
x=6
Step-by-step explanation:
first thing first you always need to get x alone and since you have an X on both side we need to move one of them to the same side as the other one.
8x-72=2x-36
add 72 on both sides ( the opposite of subtracting is adding)
8x=2x-36+72
8x=2x+36
then we subtract 2x on both sides to get X alone
8x-2x=36
6x=36
then we divide 36 by 6 to get our answer for x
X= 6
and that's your answer, hope this helped