194k views
5 votes
Solve 5x = 10x - 5(2x-3) for x. Show your work.

User Vemul
by
7.5k points

1 Answer

4 votes

Eliminate parentheses using the distributive property.

... 5x = 10x -10x +15

Collect terms, then divide by the coefficient of x.

... 5x = 15

... x = 3