SOLUTION: What is the answer to 2(x+7)=5(x-7)?
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Question 248457: What is the answer to 2(x+7)=5(x-7)?
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, richwmiller:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation.
Distribute.
Subtract from both sides.
Subtract from both sides.
Combine like terms on the left side.
Combine like terms on the right side.
Divide both sides by to isolate .
Reduce.
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Answer:
So the solution is which approximates to .
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
multiply it out
I'll do the left side for you and you do the right hand side
2(x+7)
2x+2*7
2x+14
plus times a plus is plus ---two plusses
plus times a minus is minus one of each
minus times a plus is minus one of each
minus times a minus is plus-- two minuses
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