How to solve 3x-1=5+2x?

Question

How to solve 3x-1=5+2x?

Answer 1

What you do to one side you always do to the other.  Start by trying to get all the X's to one side, then all the numbers to the other side:

3x-1  =  5+2x

  -2x            -2x

1x-1=5

  +1  +1

1x=6

x=6

Answer 2

3x-1=5+2x subtract by 2x

x-1=5 add by 1

x=6

Answer 3

3x -1 = 5 + 2x.

    +1 = +1 + 2x

3x = 6 + 2x

-2x        -2x

x = 6

Answer 4

3x-1=5+2x

cobine similar terms

3x - 2x = 5 + 1

x = 6

Answer 5

3x - 2x = 5 + 1

x = 6

Answer 6

3x - 1 = 5 + 2x

3x - 2x = 5 + 1

x = 6

Answer 7

If 3x - 1 = 5 + 2x, we subtract 2x from both sides, giving us:

x - 1 = 5, and we add one to both sides, giving us:

x = 6.

Checking:

3 * 6 - 1 = 17.  5 + 2*6 = 17, so it checks out.