Respuesta :

You break it down into steps. FIrst do the X's.       5x-3x=2x                              Then you add 18 to both sides and your equation looks like this 2x=22 Divide by 2 on both sides and x=11






elliej1025
5x-18-3x=4 Combine like terms
2x-18=4 Isolate variable
+18 +18
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2x = 22
---- ---- X= 11
2 2