Jalil and victoria are each asked to solve the equation ax – c = bx + d for x. jalil says it is not possible to isolate x because each x has a different unknown coefficient. victoria believes there is a solution, and shows jalil her work: ax – c = bx + d ax – bx = d + c x (a – b) = d + c x = how can victoria justify step 3 of her work? rewrite the expression on the left using the distributive property. multiply both sides by x. rewrite the expression on the left using subtraction. divide both sides by x.