Question 1175905: If the question is x+23=8x-5 what is the answer?
Answer by ikleyn(52786)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
Hello,
x + 23 = 8x - 5
is not a question. It is an equation.
A question is how to solve it . . .
SOLUTION
x + 23 = 8x - 5
Move x from left side to right side, changing its sign.
23 = 8x - 5 - x
Combine like terms on the left side
23 = 7x - 5
Move (-5) from right side to the left side, changing the sign
23 + 5 = 7x
Combine like terms in the left side
28 = 7x
Divide both sides by 7
x = 28/7 = 4.
ANSWER. The solution is x= 4.
Solved.
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