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7x + 5= −9
please solve for x! and explain how you got x!

User Ness Tyagi
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7x= - 9 - 5
7x= - 14
x= -14:7= -2
(7x:7=x)
User Petrichor
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7x+5=-9
7x=-9-5
7x=-14
x=-2
User Alfiepoleon
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