Question

5(x-5) over 2 +7=16
Does anyone know how to do this?

Answer 1

open parenthesis:
(5x-25)/2 +7 =16
multiply everything by 2 and get
(5x-25) +14 = 32
can you proceed from there?

Answer 2

8.6

Answer 3

what do you do next?

Answer 4

put like terms together
5x = 32-14+25
5x = 43
divide all through by 5 and get x
x=??

Answer 5

oh okay thanks.

Answer 6

Don't give ANSWERS!!!

Answer 7

TO SOLVE AN EQUATION WITH fractions, we transform it into an equation without fractions -- which we know how to solve. The technique is called clearing of fractions.

Multiply both sides of the equation -- every term -- by the LCM of denominators. Every denominator will then cancel. We will then have an equation without fractions.