Answer:
[tex]\boxed{x=6}[/tex]
Solution Steps:
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1.) Divide both sides by 2:
- [tex]2[/tex] ÷ [tex]2=[/tex] Cancels Out
- [tex]36[/tex] ÷ [tex]2=18[/tex]
- We do this first because we need the get rid of the parenthesis in order to solve this like a regular problem. In this case the only way to do so was to divide by 2 to separate the Number/Variable from the parenthesis.
Equation at the end of Step 1:
2.) Combine x and 2x:
- We do this because we can't have 2 variables at the end of the equation so it's best to just combine them.
Equation at the end of Step 2:
3.) Divide both sides by 3:
- [tex]3x[/tex] ÷ [tex]3=x[/tex]
- [tex]18[/tex] ÷ [tex]3=6[/tex]
- We divided for the last step since their was 1 variable connected by a number and another number on the opposite side of the equal.
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