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10( x + 1) = 2 x-7
??

User Myradio
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Answer: -17/8 negative seventeen over eight

Explanation:

User College Student
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Answer: x=- 17 / 8

Explanation:

1

0

(

+

1

)

=

2

7

{\color{#c92786}{10(x+1)}}=2x-7

10(x+1)=2x−7

1

0

+

1

0

=

2

7

{\color{#c92786}{10x+10}}=2x-7

10x+10=2x−7

2

Subtract

1

0

10

10

from both sides of the equation

3

Simplify

4

Subtract

2

2x

2x

from both sides of the equation

5

Simplify

User Hemingway Lee
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