SOLUTION: What is the solution of the equation 7(x – 2) + 8 = 3(2x + 3)?

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Question 537625: What is the solution of the equation 7(x – 2) + 8 = 3(2x + 3)?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation.


Distribute.


Combine like terms on the left side.


Add to both sides.


Subtract from both sides.


Combine like terms on the left side.


Combine like terms on the right side.


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Answer:

So the solution is


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