How do you solve #2x+3=3x-4#?

With practice you can do these quicker as you learn the shortcut.

#x=7#

Objective is to have a single #x# on one side of the = and everything else on the other side.

Dato:#" "color(green)(2x+3=3x-4)#

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#color(blue)("Step 1 ")color(brown)("Having all the "x" terms on one side of =")#

Sottrarre #color(red)(2x)# da entrambi i lati

#color(green)(2xcolor(red)(-2x)+3=3xcolor(red)(-2x)-4)#

#0+3=x-4#

Swap round

#x-4=3#
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#color(blue)("Step 2 ")color(brown)("Have just "x" on the left of =")#

aggiungere #color(red)(4)# da entrambi i lati

#color(green)(x-4color(red)(+4)=3color(red)(+4))#

#x=7#