It's the news they say that the people who got Flu last year was around "5x - 2 = 3x + 18". But how to find the value?
It's simple to know the amount of people who got infected by Flu. Let me show you!
Liuku: 4
But before that what type of statement is it?
Its not a statement but a Linear equation with a variable on both sides. You will learn it in school next year. Don't worry!
Ohh... I never knew. Now can you help me?
Yes. Sure, please come with me.
Liuku: 5
In fact, the equation you gave me is an easy one. I think the value of 'x' is 10.
How did you solve it Jake? I wanted to know the solution of it.
Liuku: 6
So first to start solving this, we should bring the terms with the variables on the right hand side and the rest to the left hand side. The it should look like this : 5x - 3x = 18 + 2. Then we have to simply the terms to get: 2x = 10. Then we have to bring the 2 to the other side to do division. So after simplifying you will get x = 10.
Thanks for the solution Jake! Now I know the value of the data.