How do you solve $12+5x=12x-10$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-04T00:51:39

$x=22/7$

We have:

$12+5x=12x-10$

We can subtract $5x$ from both sides and also add 10 to both sides:

$12color(red)(+10)+5xcolor(green)(-5x)=12xcolor(green)(-5x)-10color(red)(+10)$

We simplify to get:

$22=7x$

$x=22/7$

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