Skip to main content
Solve for x
Tick mark Image
Graph

Similar Problems from Web Search

Share

2-\left(18x-2-\left(12x-3-2\right)+3\right)=8-33
Combine 4x and 8x to get 12x.
2-\left(18x-2-\left(12x-5\right)+3\right)=8-33
Subtract 2 from -3 to get -5.
2-\left(18x-2-12x-\left(-5\right)+3\right)=8-33
To find the opposite of 12x-5, find the opposite of each term.
2-\left(18x-2-12x+5+3\right)=8-33
The opposite of -5 is 5.
2-\left(6x-2+5+3\right)=8-33
Combine 18x and -12x to get 6x.
2-\left(6x+3+3\right)=8-33
Add -2 and 5 to get 3.
2-\left(6x+6\right)=8-33
Add 3 and 3 to get 6.
2-6x-6=8-33
To find the opposite of 6x+6, find the opposite of each term.
-4-6x=8-33
Subtract 6 from 2 to get -4.
-4-6x=-25
Subtract 33 from 8 to get -25.
-6x=-25+4
Add 4 to both sides.
-6x=-21
Add -25 and 4 to get -21.
x=\frac{-21}{-6}
Divide both sides by -6.
x=\frac{7}{2}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-21}{-6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out -3.