The Singing Hedgehog Guide to:
Algebra - Equations 3

We started with
3x + 4 = x + 10 and took 4 away from both sides

We now have           3x = x + 6



Now what's in the wrong place? The x is clearly wrong
How do we get rid of it? We take it away from both sides

We are left with 2x = 6
So therefore         x = 3
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