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3x=15 Can you help me with this question please So ,we did it in class but I need a help with them, because I don't know what to do next.Can anybody explain the method so I know it the next time.

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16 minutes ago, Jonh said:

3x=15 Can you help me with this question please So ,we did it in class but I need a help with them, because I don't know what to do next.Can anybody explain the method so I know it the next time.

You want to isolate x, using addition, subtraction, multiplication and/or division to do so.

Can you do something to the left side so that x appears by itself?

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 find the number that  both numbers can divide to = 3

3x/3=15/3

x=5

Is this correct

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18 minutes ago, Jonh said:

 find the number that  both numbers can divide to = 3

3x/3=15/3

x=5

Is this correct

Yes.

It is good to remember the rule

 

What ever you do to one side of an equation you must do the same to the other side.

So if you divide the 3x by 3 then you must also divide the 15 by 3,

Just as you have done.

 

 

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