How do you solve $5x+60=0$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-07T23:17:49

See a solution process below:

First, subtract $color(red)(60)$ from each side of the equation to isolate the $x$ term while keeping the equation balanced:

$5x + 60 - color(red)(60) = 0 - color(red)(60)$

$5x + 0 = -60$

$5x = -60$

Now, divide each side of the equation by $color(red)(5)$ to solve for $x$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$(5x)/color(red)(5) = -60/color(red)(5)$

$(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(5)))x)/cancel(color(red)(5)) = -12$

$x = -12$

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