He had to put $65 bc. he had to balance his account then added $25
2

- 7
= 4

- 7

= Since, we have same bases, we can subtract!
= To get,
=
-3
Answer
You have to distribute the parentheses first. Since there is a negative sign in front of the parentheses, it counts as a negative 1. After you distribute you should get: -5+6x=20x+12, but that is not your final answer. After you add like terms: 17x=-17. Divide 17 on both sides: x=-1. X=-1 is your final answer.