2(x -1) + 3 = X – 3(x + 1)?

Question

Solve.

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Answer 1

2(x -1) + 3 = X – 3(x + 1)
2x-2 +3 = x - 3x-3
2x + 1 = -2x -3
2x + 2x = -3 - 1
4x = -4
4x/4 = -4/4
x = -1

To check your answer plug -1 in the place of x in the main equation:
2(-1-1) + 3 = -1-3(-1+1)
-4 + 3 = -1
-1 = -1
Thus x = -1 is the correct answer.

Answer 2

2(x-1)+3=x-3(x+1)
2x-2+3=x-3x-3 combine like terms
2x+1=-2x-3 add 3 to both sides
2x+4=-2x now subtract 2x from both sides
4=-4x divide both sides by -4
x=-1 you can check the answer by substituting
-1 for x. Do both equations seperately and
if you have the right answer both equations
will equal the same number.

2(-1-1)+3= -1
-1-3(-1+1)=-1

Answer 3

2(x - 1) + 3 = x - 3(x + 1)
2x - 2 + 3 = x - 3x -3
2x + 1 = -2x -3 (add 2x to both sides)
4x + 1 = -3 (subtract 1 from both sides)
4x = -4 (divide by both sides by 4)
x = -1

Proof:
2((-1) - 1) + 3 = -1 - 3((-1) + 1)
2(-2) + 3 = -1 - 3(0)
-4 + 3 = -1 - 0
-1 = -1 CHECK

Answer 4

2x-1=-2
-2+3=-5
-5 mines 3 =-2
-2 x +1=-1

Answer 5

First you need to remove the parentheses with the distributive property:

2(x)-2(1)+3=X-3(x)-3(1)

simplify to get:

2x-2+3=x-3x-3

combine like terms to get:

2x+1=-2x-3

add 2x to both sides and you're left with:

4x+1=-3

subtract 1 from both sides and you get:

4x=-4

divide both sides by 4 to get:

x=-1

Hope this helps!

Answer 6

2(x-1)+3=x-3(x+1);
2x-2+3=x-3x-3;
2x-x+3x=-3+2-3;
4x=-4;
x=-1;

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Answer 7

2(x-1)+3=-3(x+1)
2x-2+3=-3x-3
+2 +2
2x+5=3x-3
-2x -2x
5=x-3
+3 +3
8=x

Answer 8

2(x-1)+3 = x-3(x+1)
2x-2+3 = x-3x-3
2x+1 = -2x-3
4x+1 = -3
4x = -4
x = -4/4
x = -1

Answer 9

2(x-1)+3=x-3(x+1)
Multiply out the parentheses to get:
2x-2+3=x-3x-3
Combine like terms...
2x+1= -2x-3
Subtract the one...
2x= -2x-4
Add the -2x to the other side...
4x= -4
Divide by 4 to get x by itself...
(4x)/4=(-4)/4
And you have x alone!
x= -1

You can check this by substituting -1 in for x and doing the equation to see if both sides are equal.

Answer 10

2(x-1)+3=X-3(x+1)
2x - 2 + 3 = X - 3x -3
2x + 1=X - 3x - 3
2x + 3x=X - 4
5x - X = -4
4x = -4
x = -4/4
x = -1