Justify each step x/3-7=11 x/3=18 x=6

This is the steps for equation solving for the value of x,

x/3-7 = 11

now 7 goes to the other side of equation by changing the sign from - to +,

x/3 = 11 + 7

x/3 = 18

now when we multiply both sides of equation with 3 or 3 goes to the other side of equation and multiply with 18 leaving x alone here for finding the value of x,

and we get, x = 54

at the end of equation we get x = 54, if the equation was in the form 3x - 7 = 11, then we will get x = 6

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)