H hazel25 Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Jul 12, 2011 Messages 17 Reaction score 0 Aug 5, 2011 #1 Members do not see this ad. I have a question regarding this problem, in the answers its showing the math which isnt adding up it says .2x + 6 -.5x = 3 -3x =-30? shouldnt it be -3x = -3?
Members do not see this ad. I have a question regarding this problem, in the answers its showing the math which isnt adding up it says .2x + 6 -.5x = 3 -3x =-30? shouldnt it be -3x = -3?
K KyoPhan Full Member 10+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined Jun 8, 2008 Messages 331 Reaction score 15 Aug 5, 2011 #2 hazel25 said: I have a question regarding this problem, in the answers its showing the math which isnt adding up it says .2x + 6 -.5x = 3 -3x =-30? shouldnt it be -3x = -3? Click to expand... Your forgetting the decimal. It should be (-.3x)=(-3) Which can then be converted to: 3x=30 Upvote 0 Downvote
hazel25 said: I have a question regarding this problem, in the answers its showing the math which isnt adding up it says .2x + 6 -.5x = 3 -3x =-30? shouldnt it be -3x = -3? Click to expand... Your forgetting the decimal. It should be (-.3x)=(-3) Which can then be converted to: 3x=30
H hazel25 Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Jul 12, 2011 Messages 17 Reaction score 0 Aug 5, 2011 #3 aaah! yea they left the decimal off so i was confused!..thanks so much! Upvote 0 Downvote