Question

Simplify by collecting the like terms: 5x - 4x + 7= 8 - 2

Answer 1

5x-4x=8-2-7

Answer 2

x=-1

Answer 3

x=-1

Answer 4

First combine like terms, which would be numbers attached to a variable and numbers that are not attached to a variable. Five of X minus four of X would equal only one X. So then you'd have X left, so use basic math to figure out the other non variable numbers and what they come out to.