If, for example, you had x on one side and x on the other, then subtracting x from both sides "disappears" x. If no other power of x shows up on either side, then your equation either has no solution or is always true.
Answer: 48
Step-by-step explanation:
I believe the answer is 45.
23,000(1.035)^x=y
27316 or 27317 would be the population in 5 years
