In step 1, the commutative property of addition is used since x + 5 is just equal to 5 + x
In step 2, the associative property of addition is used since x is grouped to the last term.
In step 3, the distributive property of multiplication is used since 3 is multiplied to the terms inside the parenthesis.
In step 4, multiplication is done.
#1: y= 0.5+3 x
which means that x= y/3 - 0.5
#2: y= 3(0.5) x
which means that y= 1.5 x
that means x = y/1.5
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