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What is the = to 5x+ 7 =42 please give details

User Jayakumar Bellie
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Answer: x = 7

Explanation:

5x + 7 = 42

We then take 7 away from both sides:

5x = 35

Then, we need to make it so x = answer. To make 5x into x, we divide by 5 meaning that we next need to divide both sides by 5.

x = 7

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