How do you solve $4 - 7x = 5x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-11T01:57:28

$x = 1/3$

First, you'll want to combine like terms by bringing the $x$ 's together. This can be done by adding $7x$ to both sides.

$4 - 7x = 5x$

to get

$4 = 12x$

To solve for $x$ , you must divide both sides of the equation by the coefficient of $x$ which is $12$ and then simplify.

$x = 4/12$

$x = 1/3$

$x$ is therefore equal to $1/3$ .

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