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Caitlyn spends $17 at the store. She buys a mop for $5 and 3 bottles of floor cleaner. If x represents the cost of each bottle of cleaner, the equation that can be used to find the value of x is 3x+5=17 Which shows the first step that should be taken to verify that $4 is the solution to the equation?

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Answer: The answer is D!

Step-by-step explanation: I completed the quiz on edge and got this question correct.

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The first step is to subtract 5 from both sides which would heave 3x = 12.  Then dividing each side by 3 you'd get $4
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