Another Crazy word Problem

**marukai47** · September 18th 2012, 10:04 PM

I got x=2 x=4 x=6

**MarkFL** · September 18th 2012, 10:13 PM

How did you determine x?

You are right by the way, I just want to ensure you know how to solve for x.

**marukai47** · September 18th 2012, 10:20 PM

2x=12
3x=12
6x=12

the answer is still wrong

**MarkFL** · September 18th 2012, 10:38 PM

Recall, we have:

$6x=12$

What must you do to isolate x? What is being done to the x that we want to undo?

**Wilmer** · September 19th 2012, 01:53 AM

Originally Posted by marukai47

2x=12
3x=12
6x=12
the answer is still wrong

You definitely need classroom help.
What grade are you in?

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