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How do you solve these

How do you solve these-example-1
User JP Doherty
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-5(2x-6) = 4(x+11) [ distribute and multiply ]
-10x + 30=4x + 44 [ get x to one side ]
-4x -4x. [ subtract 4x from both sides ]
-14x + 30 = 44
-30 -30 [ subtract 30 from both sides ]
-14x = 14

(14x)/(14) = (14)/(14?)
[ divide both side by 14 ]

x = 1

User Pieter De Clercq
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