Question

How do you solve this linear equation. 5x+7=12?

Answer 1

x=1

Answer 2

Can sombody help me solve this problem?

Answer 3

Anybody? How do you solve this linear equation. 5x+7=12?

Answer 4

start by subtracting 7 from both sides of the equation.... what do you get.?

5x + 7 = 12
-7 -7
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Answer 5

5 @campbell_st

Answer 6

well nearly you get

5x = 5

next step is to divide both sides of the equation by 5

\[\frac{5x}{5} = \frac{5}{5}\]

so what's the value of a single x...?

Answer 7

x=1 @campbell_st

Answer 8

yes, thats it...

Answer 9

Thanks @campbell_st