How do you solve #5x - ( 2x + 2) = 2x + ( 3x - 5)#?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-07T05:13:05

It's #3/2#

First, let's start with the original equation:

#5x-(2x+2)=2x+(3x-5)#

Our first task here is to get rid of the parentheses so that we can combine like terms, as shown:

#5x-2x-2=2x+3x-5#

With the parentheses removed, we can now start combining like terms:

#3x-2=5x-5#

Now it's just a simple matter of isolating the variable to get to the final answer:

#-2x=-3#

And we divide by 2 for the final answer:

#x=(-3)/(-2)=3/2#