First, let's expand the right side. Now our equation is

Now, we gather all the terms with x in it on the left side, and the numbers without x on the right. We get:

And then we can make this

We divide both sides by 12 to get x on its own, so x = 13/12 or 1.08
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
7a + 7c = 861 ...... <em>(1)</em>
7a + 5c = 829 ..... <em>(2)</em>
<em>(1)</em> - <em>(2)</em>
2c = 32
<u><em>c = 16</em></u>
<u><em>a = </em></u>123 - 16 =<u><em> 107</em></u>