SOLUTION: If 4x+5=23x+1 then what is x?

Question 884535: If 4x+5=23x+1 then what is x?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two properties of numbers, and just three arithmetic steps to solve for x.

Can you give the steps for these reasons?

STEP________________|_____NUMBER PROPERTY(reason)________
____________________|____Additive Inverse
____________________|____Additive Inverse
____________________|____Multiplicative Inverse

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