Help with Math Equation?

Question

Can you do this problem? Is it to easy or to hard? Feedback about it please, 13,14 year olds should be able to solve this.

5w - 7^2 -6(3+2) = -29 + 7½ w

Solve for W.

Answer 1

5w - 7^2 -6(3+2) = -29 + 7½ w
5w -49 -30= -29+7.5w
7.5w -5w= -79+29
2.5w= -50
w= -20
put this value in above equation it is satisfying it............

Answer 2

At first glance it might look hard or a little tricky but take it one step at a time and you will find out it is not that bad.

Combine like terms. In this problem they are [ - 7^2, -6(3+2), - 29] and [5w, 7½ w].

5w - 7^2 -6(3+2) = -29 + 7½ w
5w - 7*7 - 18 - 12 = - 29 + 7½ w
5w - 49 - 18 - 12 = - 29 + 7½ w
5w - 79 = - 29 + 7½ w
place variables to the left and numbers to the right
5w - 7½ w = - 29 + 79
5w - 7½ w = 50
- 2.5w = 50
- 2.5w/ - 2.5 = 50 / - 2.5
w = - 20

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Answer 3

5w - 7² - 6(3 + 2) = - 29 + 7 1/2

5w - 49 - 6(5) = - 29 + 15/2w

5w - 49 - 30 = - 29 + 15/2w

Collect like terms

5w - 79 = - 29 + 15/2w

Transpose 79

5w - 79 + 79 = - 29 + 15/2w + 79

Collect like terms

5w = 50 + 15/2w

Multiply both sides of the equaton by 2

2(5w) = 2(50) + 2(15/2w)

10w = 100 + 15w

Transpose 10w

10w - 10w = 100 + 15w - 10w

Collect like terms

0 = 100 + 5w

Transpose 100

0 - 100 = 100 + 5w - 100

Collect like terms

- 100 = 5w

Divide both sides of the equation by 5

- 100 / 5 = 5w / 5

- 20 = w

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Answer 4

It's easy, just sort of long.

5w-49-18+12=-29+(7)1/2w

5w-55=-29+(7)1/2w

-26=(2)1/2w
w=-52/5

Answer 5

As long as there is an understanding of how to raise numbers to a power, distribute, isolating the variable you are solving for, it should be easy.

5w - 49 -30= -29 + 7.5w
-2.5w = 50
w = -20

Answer 6

w=-20

its actually somehow easy