SOLUTION: how do you work 3(x+1)=7(x-2)-3 please and thank you

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Question 675748: how do you work
3(x+1)=7(x-2)-3
please and thank you

Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi
Use the Distributive Property and combine Like Terms

3x + 3 = 7x - 14 - 3 ||Adding -3x and 17 to both sides of the EQ
20 = 4x
5 = x
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