Solve the following equation for x 3x-5 equals 3 plus 2x?

Answer 1

It helps to get all your "x" terms on one side of the equation and all your constants on the other. So it would be easiest in this case to subtract 2x from both sides, to remove the x from the right side, and add 5 to both sides, to remove the constant from the left. So you get:

3x - 5 - 2x + 5 = 3 + 2x - 2x + 5

(3x - 2x) + (-5 + 5) = (2x - 2x) + (3 + 5)

x + 0 = 0 + 8

x = 8