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New skill: Variables on both sides
Think of an equation like a balance scale: whatever you do to one side, you have to do to the other to keep it level. Right now you've got x-terms sitting on both sides, so the first move is to get them onto one side — the same subtract-to-balance move you've been using in two-step equations, just applied one extra time before you're back to a problem you already know how to finish.