How do you solve $14=2x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-28T04:04:06

$x = 7$

Divide each side by $color(red)(2)$ to isolate just the $x$ term and maintain the balance of the equation:

$14/color(red)(2) = (2x)/color(red)(2)$

$7 = (color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2)))x)/cancel(color(red)(2))$

$7 = x$

Or

$x = 7$

How do you solve 14=2x14=2x?