SOLUTION: [2x-5]=[9x+7] Please help

Question 136140: [2x-5]=[9x+7] Please help
Found 2 solutions by vleith, solver91311:
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For problems in one variable, you need to isolate the variable on one side of the equation.
Given:
First collect the terms containing the variable on one side and the constant terms on the other side. To do this, subtract 2x from both sides and then subtract (-7) from both sides. Think of the equal sign as a 'balance' point. Whatever you do to one side, you have to do to the other in order to remain in balance.

Now isolate the variable, by dividing both sides by 7

Now check your answer by substituting for x in the original equation.
Does

Check!

Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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(Actually, if you have |a|=|b|, then
a = b, or
-a = b, or
a = -b, or
-a = - b
But the first and fourth situations are equivalent, and the second and third situations are equivalent, so you really only have two different situations.)

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You should check these answers by substituting them into the original equation to see if doing so results in true statements.
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