SOLUTION: can you please help me solve this equation:-12=5x-7 negitive twelve equals five x minus seven

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Question 22148: can you please help me solve this equation:-12=5x-7
negitive twelve equals five x minus seven

Answer by wuwei96815(245)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-12=5x-7
Add 7 to each side of the equation.
-12+7=5x-7+7
-5=5x
Divide each side by 5.
-5/5=5x/5
-1=x

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