Question: -3x – 10 = 32

x = -14

Step-by-step explanation:

The first thing you are trying to do is get the x alone. so first you will look at 10 and do the opposite of the sign that you have. So you would take the -10 and make it +10. you would solve -10 + 10 and 32 + 10 because whatever you do to one side you do to the other. -10 +10= 0 and 32+10 = 42. Your equation now is -3x=42. we do not put -3x+0=42 because zero does not have a value. From here we would look at the -3x and do the opposite sign, which means dividing. whenever a number is next to x or any variable it is multiplication. For example, 7x is the same as 7*x. The opposite of multiplication is division. so we would do -3x/-3. We do 42/-3 because whatever we do to one side we do to the other. On the left side we are left with x then you add the equal sign and the quotient of 42/-3.

x = -14