Ignore the 14 . I just need a brief explanation with the answer

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asked Dec 16, 2023 192k views

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Franz Becker · Answer 1 · 2023-12-23T02:26:12+0000

Solution

For this case we can start with the following:

5x +2 = 8x -25

solving for x we got:

25+2 = 8x -5x

27 = 3x

x= 9

Then we can do the following equation:

360 = 180 + 5x -2 + 8x -25 + 2y

And then we can solve for y:

360= 180+ 94 + 2y

86 = 2y

y = 43