SOLUTION: My problem is 2(x-3)-3(x+5)=3(x-2)-7 I need to solve for x and I can not get the answer. I have gotten so many different answers for x. I get a different answer everytime. How d

Question 26429: My problem is
2(x-3)-3(x+5)=3(x-2)-7
I need to solve for x and I can not get the answer. I have gotten so many different answers for x. I get a different answer everytime. How do I do this problem?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This problem is largely an application of the distributive property.
Apply the disributive property.
Combine like-terms.
Add x to both sides of the equation.
Add 13 to both sides.
Divide both sides by 4.

Answer is: x = -2
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