Step 1: Use the distributive property to distribute: -10 -1 3/5 x
Step 2: Collect these terms: 18 and -1 3/5x and -4x -6 and -1
Step 3: Isolate the variable term on the right by subtracting: 4x 3/5 6 17
Step 4: Isolate the constant term on the left by subtracting: 6 10 3/5x x
Step 5: Make the coefficient of x 1 by multiplying both sides by: -5/23 -3/5 3/5 5/23