so what you have to do is multiply 3 and 2 and 3 and -14 which ends up being 6x-42x=, then do 15 times -9 and you then do 15 times -5 and that becomes -135x - (-7) then you show it like this= 6x-42x=135x-(-7) the solution would be 36x=-135 divide 36 each side and you get x= 2.28