Question

Solve 17x - 2 = 7x + 8

Answer 1

Solve 17x - 2 = 7x + 8
Subtract 7x to both sides
17x - 2 - 7x = 7x +8 -7x
Simplify
10x-2=8
Now, add 2 to both sides
10x - 2 +2 = 8 +2
Simplify
10x = 10
x = 10/10
x = 1

Answer 2

17x-2=7x+8

We simplify the equation to the form, which is simple to understand
17x-2=7x+8

We move all terms containing x to the left and all other terms to the right.
+17x-7x=+8+2

We simplify left and right side of the equation.
+10x=+10

We divide both sides of the equation by 10 to get x.
x=1