document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=455225>Question 455225</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A number X is five more than two times X minus three?  How do I write this and solve this? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #312572 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mathmartian><B>mathmartian(7)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-05.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mathmartian><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=312572\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First, let's write this as an algebraic equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x is five more than two times x minus three<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is  =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "more  +<BR>\n" );
document.write( "times  x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "minus  -<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=5+2x-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we can solve this equation for x <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add like terms,   x=2x+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Isolate the x by subtracting 2x from both sides    -x=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide both sides by -1,    x=-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The answer is x=-2!! </SPAN>\n" );
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