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5 + kx = 17Solve for x

User Nicolas Repiquet
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Answer:

5+kx=17

kx=17-5

kx=12

x= 12/k

User Donkim
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1) To solve for x, is to leave the x on the left side the other variables on the right along with the constants, like this


\begin{gathered} 5\text{ +kx =17} \\ kx\text{ =17-5} \\ x=(17-5)/(k) \end{gathered}

Note that, we subtracted 5 and then divided by x.

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