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3 years ago

Solve 3x+12+7= -5x -5 for x

Mathematics

2 answers:

Ber [7]3 years ago

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-3 is the answer
Hope it helps

irga5000 [103]3 years ago

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$\fbox{Answer ~}$

Here ,

$\bold\purple{3x + 12 + 7 = - 5x - 5} \\\\\bold{3x + 19 = - 5x - 5}$

gather and solve the like terms together ,

$\bold{3x + 5x = - 5 - 19} \\\\ \bold{8x = - 24} \\\\\bold{ x = \cancel{ \frac{ - 24}{8} }} \\ \\\bold\red{ x = - 3}$

hope helpful~

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