13x+26=3x-34
Solve for x.
To solve for x, we will first combine like terms and then isolate x on one side of the equation.
Combining the x terms, we have:
13x + 26 = 3x - 34
Next, we want to get rid of the 3x term on the right side by subtracting 3x from both sides:
(13x + 26) - 3x = (3x - 34) - 3x
This simplifies to:
10x + 26 = -34
To isolate x, we'll subtract 26 from both sides:
10x + 26 - 26 = -34 - 26
This gives us:
10x = -60
Finally, we solve for x by dividing both sides of the equation by 10:
10x/10 = -60/10
The final answer is:
x = -6