Question

7(4+x)=-7(2+x)+3

Answer 1

carry out the distributive property on both sides to get rid of those parentheses...
what do you have now?

Answer 2

all i want to know is if it can be solved.

Answer 3

you won't know until u try it out doing the algebra....

Answer 4

i got \[28+7x=-14+7x+3\]

Answer 5

that 7x on the right should be -7x, don't you think?

Answer 6

oh yeah! duh! \[28+7x=-14+-7x+3\]

Answer 7

correct...
now isolate the x's by adding 7x to both sides
then subtract 28 from both sides...
what u got then?

Answer 8

:)
i guess that means you got it from here?

Answer 9

what? i didnt get a solution... did i do something wrong?

Answer 10

there should be a solution...

Answer 11

the solution is a fraction...

Answer 12

\(\large 28+7x=-14+-7x+3 \)
\(\large 28+7x=-11-7x \)
\(\large 28+7x\color {red}{+7x}=-11-7x\color {red}{+7x} \)