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What's 7x + 14 + 2x + 3 = 2 ( x + 26 ). Show work

User Ilyasbbu
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9x + 20 = 2x + 52      then you subtract 2x from both side 7x  + 20 = 52 and subtract the 20 from both sides 7x=52 divide both sides by 7. bam x = 52/7 which is a pretty weird number i probably made a lot of mistakes oh well
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do you mean (x=26)? If so, 7 times 26 + 14 +2 times 26 + 3 = 2... i dont know...
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