SOLUTION: 500+3x=245+5x

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Question 100937: 500+3x=245+5x
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500-245+3x=245-245+5x
255+3x=5x
255+3x-3x=5x-3x
255=2x
255/2=2x/2
127.5=x
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Check by plugging x=127.5 back into the original equation and solve.