This week I had quite a bit of difficulty on the skills check, especially with the equation on the back:

However, while doing corrections I had a huge “Ah-Ha!” moment, and the solution made itself clear to me. My first try was a disaster:

     I got rid of the brackets with multiplication.

    Then, I added to the equation in order to remove the fraction on the left side.

    I multiplied the equation by 3 to turn into 4x and into 2.

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Then I ran out of time…but clearly I had no clue what I was doing. Even if I did finish, the answer probably would have been wrong. My second try makes much more sense:

    I multiplied 2x and -1 by .

    I multiplied everything by 3.

    I added +2 to both sides.

    I multiplied the equation by 2.

    I subtracted 3x from both sides.

After dividing the equation by 5, I got the answer!

x = -10

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