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3x+2=17 Find what equals x

User Lux Logica
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remember you can do anything to an equation as long as you do it to both sides

3x+2=17
minus 2 from both sides
3x+2-2=17-2
3x+0=15
3x=15
divide both sides by 3
3x/3=15/3
1x=5
x=5
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