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5(2x-7)+42-3x=2 what is the answer

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5(2x-7)+42-3x=2 what is the answer ​

Solution

For this case we can distribute the terms on this way:

10x -35 +42 -3x = 2

Now we can aggrupate similar terms and we got:

7x= 2+35-42

7x = -5

And then solving for x we got:

x= -5/7

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