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x=3.5

The way to set these problems up is actually super easy, I usually stink at math but these are pretty easy for me. So here ya go...

How they teach it in class, you'd normally set it up like this: , (you might want to go ahead and set it up like that just to be safe, it's up to you), but in the end all your doing is cross-multiplying and dividing. So let me show you an easier way that I use:

Now I usually just multiply the whole numbers that are across from each other, so as you can see, 4.2 and 5 are across from each other (diagonally). When you multiply those together you get 21.

Now you divide 21 by 6. You do that because 6 is across from x, and by dividing you'll get x by itself. So x=3.5

Hope that isn't super confusing lol

x= -3

step-by-step explanation:

step 1: simplify brackets

4 - x - 1 = 6

step 2: simpilfy

3 - x = 6

step 3: subtract 3 from both sides

-x = 6 - 3

step 4: simpilfy 6 - 3

-x = 3

step 5: multiply both sides by -1

x = -3