Question

1 x − 5 = 12?
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3

Answer 1

does this say (1x/3)-5=12?

Answer 2

ya lol srry

Answer 3

first step is to get rid of that five. How do you do that?

Answer 4

=7

Answer 5

when you are getting rid of a number, you do that opposite. so when getting rid of -5, you add 5 to both sides.

Answer 6

and u get 7 correct?

Answer 7

12+5 does not equal 7

Answer 8

ohh srry u add lol

Answer 9

=17

Answer 10

yes so now you have x/3=17. Next, you want to convert 17 into a fraction to make it simpler. it becomes 17/1.
We want to make 17/1 have a denomintour of 3. can you do that?

Answer 11

ya thx

Answer 12

you got it from here?