SOLUTION: How do you use the distributive property to get what x means in the problem -3(x-5)=2 ?

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Question 951250: How do you use the distributive property to get what x means in the problem -3(x-5)=2 ?
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

.....multiply a single term and two terms inside a set of parentheses







......exact solution
....approximate solution



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