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2-4 Skills Practice

Solving Equations with the Variable on Each Side
Justify each step.

1. 4k - 3 = 2k + 5
4k - 3 - 2k = 2k + 5 - 2k a.
2k - 3 = 5 b.
2k - 3 + 3 = 5 + 3 c.
2k = 8 d.
2k 8
− =− e.
2 2
k=4 f.

2. 2(8u + 2) = 3(2u - 7)
16u + 4 = 6u - 21 a.
16u + 4 - 6u = 6u - 21 - 6u b.

10u + 4 = -21 c.

10u + 4 - 4 = -21 - 4 d.
10u = -25 e.
10u -25
− =− f.
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u = -2.5 g.

Solve each equation. Check your solution.

3. 2m + 12 = 3m - 31 4. 2h - 8 = h + 17

5. 7a - 3 = 3 - 2a 6. 4n - 12 = 12 - 4n

7. 4x - 9 = 7x + 12 8. -6y - 3 = 3 - 6y

9. 5 + 3r = 5r - 19 10. -9 + 8k = 7 + 4k

11. 8q + 12 = 4(3 + 2q) 12. 3(5j + 2) = 2(3j - 6)

13. 6(-3v + 1) = 5(-2v - 2) 14. -7(2b - 4) = 5(-2b + 6)

15. 3(8 - 3t) = 5(2 + t) 16. 2(3u + 7) = -4(3 - 2u)

17. 8(2f - 2) = 7(3f + 2) 18. 5(-6 - 3d) = 3(8 + 7d)

19. 6(w - 1) = 3(3w + 5) 20. 7(-3y + 2) = 8(3y - 2)

2 2 1 5 7 7
21. − v-6=6-− v 22. − -− x=− x+−
3 3 2 8 8 2

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2-4 Practice
Solving Equations with the Variable on Each Side
Solve each equation. Check your solution.

1. 5x - 3 = 13 - 3x 2. -4r - 11 = 4r + 21

3. 1 - m = 6 - 6m 4. 14 + 5n = -4n + 17

1 3 1
5. − k-3=2-− k 6. − (6 - y) = y
2 4 2

7. 3(-2 - 3x) = -9x - 4 8. 4(4 - w) = 3(2w + 2)

9. 9(4b - 1) = 2(9b + 3) 10. 3(6 + 5y) = 2(-5 + 4y)

11. -5x - 10 = 2 - (x + 4) 12. 6 + 2(3j - 2) = 4(1 + j)

5 3
13. − t-t=3+− t 14. 1.4f + 1.1 = 8.3 - f
2 2

2 1 1 5 3 1
15. − x-− =− x+− 16. 2 - − k=− k+9
3 6 2 6 4 8

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1 g 1 1
17. − (3g - 2) = − 18. − (n + 1) = − (3n - 5)
2 2 3 6

1 h 1 1
19. − (5 - 2h) = − 20. − (2m - 16) = − (2m + 4)
2 2 9 3

21. 3(d - 8) - 5 = 9(d + 2) + 1 22. 2(a - 8) + 7 = 5(a + 2) - 3a - 19

23. NUMBERS Two thirds of a number reduced by 11 is equal to 4 more than the number. Find
the number.

24. NUMBERS Five times the sum of a number and 3 is the same as 3 multiplied by 1 less
than twice the number. What is the number?

25. NUMBER THEORY Tripling the greater of two consecutive even integers gives the same
result as subtracting 10 from the lesser even integer. What are the integers?

26. GEOMETRY The formula for the perimeter of a rectangle is P = 2, + 2w, where  is
the length and w is the width. A rectangle has a perimeter of 24 inches. Find its
dimensions if its length is 3 inches greater than its width.

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