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If the first step in the solution of the equation -9 + x = 5x - 7 is "subtract x," then what should the next step be?

If the first step in the solution of the equation -9 + x = 5x - 7 is "subtract x," then what should the next step be?
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If the first step in the solution of the equation -9 + x = 5x - 7 is "subtract x," then what should the next step be?

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User Valery Viktorovsky
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Answer:

add 7

Step by step explain:

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User Sinisa Bobic
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add 7
so it will be like this

-9 + 7 = 5x - x
-2 = 4x
divide by 4

(-2)/(4) =
(4x)/(4)
x =
(-1)/(2)
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User Dave Mulligan
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