How do you solve $- 5 x - 14 = 2 x + 7$ $-5x-14=2x+7$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-26T19:21:19

$x = - 3$ $x = -3$

To solve this equation execute the following operations to keep the equation balanced while solving for $x$ $x$ :

$- 5 x - 14 = 2 x + 7$ $-5x - 14 = 2x + 7$

$- 5 x + 5 x - 14 = 2 x + 5 x + 7$ $-5x + 5x - 14 = 2x + 5x + 7$

$- 14 = 7 x + 7$ $-14 = 7x +7$

$- 14 - - 7 = 7 x + 7 - 7$ $-14 - -7 = 7x + 7 - 7$

$- 21 = 7 x$ $-21 = 7x$

$(\frac{1}{7}) 7 x = (\frac{1}{7}) (- 21)$ $(1/7) 7x = (1/7) (-21)$

$x = - 3$ $x = -3$

How do you solve −5x−14=2x+7-5x-14=2x+7?