To find the solution to this equation, we're going to isolate the variable.
Given equation
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First, I'm going to subtract "3" from both sides, which gives me this result :
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Then, I'll divide both sides by 5 :
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Therefore, x = 4. Let's take a moment to check our solution by plugging in x = 4 into the original equation, i.e., 5x + 3 = 23 :
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Since we have a true statement, x = 4 makes this equation true, therefore, we have now confirmed that x = 4 is indeed the solution for this equation.