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Asked Jun 13, 2012, 02:50 PM — 13 Answers
is this correct?!!
6x+33+5x=11(x+3)
so
6x+33-33+5x=11x+33-33
6x+5x=11x
wat do u do next ?

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#11

Jun 13, 2012, 03:12 PM
hu??
so wat do u do next??
6x+5x=11x
minus 11-6
5x=5
so the answer is 1?
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#12

Jun 13, 2012, 03:15 PM
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OK so lets see what you have step by step..
Actually that ones really dumb !!

6x+33+5x=11(x+3)
11x+33=11x+33

So that's just plain stupid..
As x can be ANYTHING you want.
Now you can see why it's important to show all of your workings..
See the problem here?
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#13

Jun 13, 2012, 03:16 PM
oh
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#14

Jun 13, 2012, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by qwertyuioop View Post
hu??
so wat do u do next??
6x+5x=11x
minus 11-6
5x=5
so the answer is 1?

Your mixing things up here.
You can't just drop an x as it messes it up..
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