Question

an equation and the steps to solve it are shown below: 3x-1/5(10x+5)=6

Answer 1

$3x-\dfrac{1}{5}(10x+5)=6\qquad\text{use distributive property}\\\\3x-\left(\dfrac{1}{5}\right)(10x)-\left(\dfrac{1}{5}\right)(5)=6\\\\3x-2x-1=6\qquad\text{add 1 to both sides}\\\\\boxed{x=7}$