Subtract 5x from each side
-2x +1=11
Subtract 1 from each side
-2x=10
Divide by -2 x= -5
3x + 1 = 5x + 11?
3x + 1 = 5x + 11?
You can subtract 5X from both sides if you want to.
- 2X + 1 = 11
- 2X = 10
X = - 5
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3(- 5) + 1 = 5(- 5) + 11
- 15 + 1 = - 25 + 11
- 14 = - 14
====================Checks. Or subtract 3X from each side.