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Via says that the model below represents the equation-2x+7=3x+(-4)

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-2x+7=3x-4


Add 2x to each side: -2x+(2x)+7=3x+2x-4


7=5x-4


Add 4 to both sides: 7+4=5x+4

11=5x


Simplify: 11/5=x

User Yaroslav Skachkov
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Answer: x =
(11)/(5)

Explanation:

-2x + 7 = 3x + (-4)

-2x + 7 = 3x - 4

+2x +2x

7 = 5x - 4

+4 +4

11 = 5x

÷5 ÷5


(11)/(5) = x

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