Frequent Questions about our Solver

The problem

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to complicate is there a more simple answer this is for a child in the 5th grade

Answer provided by our tutors

Sometime it helps to go to 'Options' and select Show: a lot of steps'. This way you will get more step by step solution.

You can obtain an explanation for any step by clicking on it. Please note that you cannot click on the very first expression, which is the original problem. Quite often, several transformations will be performed within the same step. Use the explanation navigation buttons to step through all of them.

On the same screen, you can select integer or real arithmetics to be used during the solution process (e.g., x=1/2 vs. x=0.5). It is important to understand that if integer arithmetics is chosen, then all decimal numbers will be converted to integer fractions as part of the solution process. This also may produce a solution that is long and somewhat confusing.

The equation you have added to solve looks bit strange, are you using 'x' as a symbol for multiplication?

You should not use 'x' as a symbol for multiplication. For multiplication use '*'.

More on math expression entry here: https://doyourmath.com/help/

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