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24x+7=79
help? have to get x by itself, right?

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24x + 7=79
subtract 7 from both sides
24x + 7 - 7= 79 - 7
24x= 72
divide both sides by 24
x= 3

CHECK:
24x + 7= 79
24(3) + 7= 79
72 + 7= 79
79= 79

ANSWER: x= 3

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