SOLUTION: Please help me solve this: Two times a number added to 4 times a number is the same as five times the number minus 7.

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Question 1018618: Please help me solve this: Two times a number added to 4 times a number is the same as five times the number minus 7.
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Please help me solve this: Two times a number added to 4 times a number is the same as five times the number minus 7.
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The equation is

2x + 4x = 5x -7,

6x = 5x - 7,

x = -7.