How do you solve $x - 5(x + 2) = x + 3(3 - 2x)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-20T00:49:31

$x=19$

$x-5(x+2) = x +3(3-2x)$

$x-5x-10 = x +9-6x$ --- use distributive property.

$-4x-10 = 9-5x$ --- combine like terms

$5x-4x-10 = 9-5x +5x$ --- add $5x$ to both sides

$x-10 = 9$

$x-10 +10 = 9 +10$ --- add $10$ to both sides

$x=19$

How do you solve x - 5(x + 2) = x + 3(3 - 2x)x - 5(x + 2) = x + 3(3 - 2x)?