Combining Like Terms to Solve Equations
Identify the like terms and combine.
12 - 3z - 2z + 7 =39
What is 19 - 5z = 39
3x + 15 = 4x + 12
What is x = 3?
What is the first step when solving multi-step equations?
What is distribute?
How many solutions does the equation have?
33x + 99 = 33x - 99
What is no solutions?
When you solve a solution and get a true statement such as 3 = 3, how many solutions does the equation have?
What is infinitely many solutions?
Identify the like terms in the equation and combine:
-2x + 4 - 8x = 11
What is -10x + 4 = 11
6 - 4x = 6 - 8x + 2
What is x = 0.5?
- 2(x + 7) = 16.
What is x = - 15 ?
What does it mean if an equation is equivalent to 0=0?
What is there are infinitely many solutions?
When you solve a solution and get a false statement such as 0 = 17, how many solutions does the equation have?
What is No Solutions?
p + 3p = -16
What is p = -4?
550 - 25x = 10 + 35x
What is x = 9?
2(11 - 4x) = 38.
What is x = -2 ?
The solution when you solve the equation
-15x = -5(3x + 7).
What is no solution?
What is the second step when solving multi-step equations?
What is combine like terms?
8 - 2x + 8 - 2x = 20
What is x = -1
5.3g + 9 = 2.3g + 15
What is g = 2?
10 + 3(x + 2) = 31.
What is x = 5 ?
How many solutions does the equation have:
4(4x + 3) = 16x + 12 + 3
What is infinitely many solutions?
Solve:
3(-2x + 5) = 11 - 4x.
What is x = 2 ?
2x - 4 - x = -8
What is x = -4?
-2.6b + 4 = 0.9b - 17
What is x = 6?
-2(x - 6) + 7 = 35.
What is x = - 8 ?
How many solutions does the equation have?
5x + x + 4 = 8x - 3x + 4
What is one solution?
Distribute and combine like terms:
13 + 7(x - 3) - 4x
What is 3x - 8