What is the value of x:
5x + 4 = 2x +22

How would you solve this question?

x = 6

Explanation: This problem can be done either of two ways by putting the variables together on the left and the numbers together on the right or vice versa.

If we put our variables together on the left and our numbers together on the right, we would start by subtracting

2x from both sides to get 3x + 4 = 22.

Next, we subtract 4 from both sides to get 3x = 18.

Finally, we divide both sides by 3 to get x = 6.

Note that we can check our answer by plugging 6 back in

for both of the x's in the original equation.

So go ahead and check the answer and see if it works.

x is the total time in minutes for the free response

you are given number of questions as 15 - m and time per item as 8 minutes

to find x multiply the two givens together:

x = 8 * (15-m) = 8(15-m)

a reflection across the x axis and a 90 degree rotation left and right.