The first part of the second line, she left the -5 there. The correct work and solution should be this: 5(2x-1)-3x=5x+9 <span><span>7x</span>−5</span>=<span><span>5x</span>+<span>9 </span></span>2x-5=9 2x=14 x=7
2 * 7 = 14 (the number of tiles for each row) 23 - 14 = 9 (the number of tiles subtracted from how many tiles that are taken away) 9 tiles are in the seventh row.