Question

7x = 2x – 35 what is x?

Answer 1

\[\large 7x = 2x - 35\]
\[\large 7x - 2x = 2x - 2x - 35\]
\[\large 5x = -35\]
\[\large \frac{ 5x }{ 5 } = \frac{ -35 }{ 5 }\]
\[\large x= -7 \]

Answer 2

\[7*x=2*x-35 => x=-7\]