SOLUTION: If 4x+5=23x+1 then what is x?

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Question 884535: If 4x+5=23x+1 then what is x?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two properties of numbers, and just three arithmetic steps to solve for x.

Can you give the steps for these reasons?

STEP________________|_____NUMBER PROPERTY(reason)________
____________________|____Additive Inverse
____________________|____Additive Inverse
____________________|____Multiplicative Inverse


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