What is 6x plus 3x plus 8 equals 35?
That is an equation.Oh, you wanted to know for which values of x that equation is true? Okay...6x + 3x + 8 = 35⇔ (6x + 3x) + 8 = 35⇔ 9x + 8 = 35⇔ 9x + 8 - 8 = 35 - 8⇔ 9x + 0 = 27⇔ 9x = 27⇔ 9x / 9 = 27 / 9⇔ x = 27 / 9⇔ x = 3