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-2(x+1)= -2+5


How you solve that?

User Umer
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Add the numbers, then add 2 to both sides of the equation. The solution would be x = - 5/2

User Tigran Petrossian
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-2(x+1) = -2+5\\\\\implies -2x -2 = 3\\\\\implies -2x = 3 +2 =5\\\\\implies x = - \frac 52

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