Tell them what comes first and what comes last
The answer I believe is x/5+2=4
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12 + 0.35X = 20.05
12 + 0.35X - 12 = 20.05 - 12
0.35X = 8.05
0.35X/0.35 = 8.05/0.35
X = 23
Hope this helps!!
You could rewrite

as

and be tempted to cancel out the factors of

. But this cancellation is only valid when

.
When

, you end up with the indeterminate form

, which is why

is not a zero.