You add +7 to both sides and then divide by 9 to get the x alone.
<span><span><span><span><span>I am so sorry if this is wrong, but
2−5</span>+4</span>+21</span>+1666666</span>−<span>(2)(43)
</span></span><span>=<span><span><span><span>−3+4</span>+21</span>+1666666</span>−<span>(2)(43)
</span></span></span><span>=<span><span>1+21+1666666</span>−<span>(2)(43)
</span></span></span><span>=<span>22+1666666−<span>(2)(43)
</span></span></span><span>=<span>1666688−<span>(2)(43)
</span></span></span><span>=1666688−86
</span><span>Your answer would be 1,666,602
Hope this helps!:)</span>
The scale factor is 1.5 because:
9 x 1.5 = 13.5
5 x 1.5 = 7.5
