Learning Goal: I’m working on a mathematics writing question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.
We need to isolate x on one side of the equation to solve for its value.
First, we can subtract 5 from both sides of the equation to get:
3x = 14 – 5
Simplifying the right-hand side, we have:
3x = 9
Finally, we can divide both sides by 3 to get:
x = 3
Therefore, the value of x is 3.