Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
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First, add the 2x and x together for 3x
Then add 3 to both sides of the equation
Finally, divide each side by 3.
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First, add 7x and x together for 8x
Then, minus 20 from both sides of the equation
Finally, divide each side by 8.
20,25 and 35,50 and 10,15. Each pair would have a GCF of 5.
The goal to proving identities is to transform one side into the other. We can only pick one side to transform while the other side stays the same the entire time. The general rule of thumb is to transform the more complicated side (though there may be exceptions to this guideline).
So I'll take the left hand side and try to turn it into 
One way we can do that is through the following steps:

Since we've shown that the left hand side transforms into the right hand side, this verifies the equation is an identity.
8 and -8 both of their absolute values are 8