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Answer:
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Given:
Find:
Solution: The first step would be to substitute 7 for every x that we have in the expression and then we simplify both sides.
<u>Substitute x with 7</u>
<u>Simplify both sides</u>
Since the numbers are not equal on both sides this evaluates to false meaning that x = 7 is not a solution of the expression that was provided.