3x -6 = 2(x + 4) Multiply x by two and 4 by 2 to get 3x - 6 = 2x + 8 You want the x to be alone on one side so you add six on both sides to get rid of it to get: 3x = 2x + 14 You still don’t have just one x and it isn’t alone on one side, so you subtract 2x from both sides and get x = 14
