How do you solve the equation: $45 = 7x - 4$ ?

Question

2310 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License

Answer 1 · 2015-07-02T00:22:22

Get $x$ on the left side, and the numerical values on the right side, then solve for $x$ .

$45=7x-4$

Subtract $7x$ from both sides.

$-7x+45=-4$

Subtract $45$ from both sides.

$-7x=-49$

Multiply both sides times $-1$

$7x=49$

Divide both sides times $7$ .

$x=7$

How do you solve the equation: 45 = 7x - 445 = 7x - 4?