Question

What is the first step needed to solve 4 over 7 multiplied by x minus 5 equals negative 13?

Answer 1

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4/7x - 5 = -13

We want to solve for 'x'.

We first want everything on the left-hand side to contain only x. We can do that first by getting rid of the 5
Afterward, we can get rid of 4/7 so that we only have 'x'

To get rid of 5, we need to do the opposite.

We are subtracting 5 on the left-hand side. To get rid of it, we need to do the opposite of subtraction. What is the opposite of subtraction? @jessica5555