Equations Combining Terms

-15 + 3x - 7x = -43

x = ?

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What is the first step to solve the equation?

4h + 3 - 2h = 15

• Distribute

• Combine Like Terms

• Collect Variables to One Side

• Use Subtraction Property of Equality

What is the first step to solve this equation?
3x - 5 = 7

• Add 5 to both sides of the equation

• Add 3x to both sides of the equation

• Subtract 5 from both sides of the equation

• Subtract 7 from both sides of the equation

4 = 2(x + 3)

x = ?

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What is the first step in solving for the variable?

• Distributive property

• Combine Like Terms

• Move the variables to the same side

• Solve for the variable

20 = 2 - a

a = ?

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Solve: 13 = -11 - 4x

x = ?

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What property must you do to eliminate the parentheses in an equation?

• Distributive Property

• Multiplication Property

• Associative Property

• Commutative Property

6A - 3(A + 2) = 18

• A = -9

• A = 7

• A = 12

• A = 8

3X + 2(X + 5) = 20

• X = 2

• X = -2

• X = 5

• X = -5