I have no idea how to solve this. Could anyone give a hand? Thanks!
$2x^{5a} + 6x^{3a} - x^{2a} - 3 = 0$
PS: I'm guessing this doesn't make sense unless it's also "solve for x" and the equation is = 0, but I'm not certain of that.
PPS: My intuition was to add 3 to both sides, then multiply both sides by x, then divide by 3, but I didn't know where to go from there (or even if that was right).
Edit: To be clear, I'm not the 8th grader. I'm simply unable to help her, and would appreciate assistance. You can view my web dev profile at stackoverflow if you need proof: https://stackoverflow.com/users/174621/matrym