SOLUTION: Please help: What is the answer to this equation and how do you get that? 5(2x-7)+9(x-3)

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Question 649592: Please help:
What is the answer to this equation and how do you get that?
5(2x-7)+9(x-3)
Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
this is an expression, but if you set it equal to zero, you will have an equation
5%282x-7%29%2B9%28x-3%29=0..now, we can solve it for x
10x-35%2B9x-27=0
19x-62=0
19x=62
x=62%2F19
x=3.26