SOLUTION: please help me solve this equation, I need step by step to help me remember from highschool. 7(x-1)=28 then 2x =

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Question 482439: please help me solve this equation, I need step by step to help me remember from highschool. 7(x-1)=28 then 2x =
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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7%28x-1%29+=+28 Solve for x. First apply the "distibutive property" to the let side to get:
7x-7+=+28 Now add 7 to both sides to isolate the x-term on the left.
7x+=+35 Finally divide both sides by 7 to get the x by itself.
x+=+5 Now you know the value of x, you can find the value of 2x.
2x+=+2%285%29
2x+=+10