How do you solve #2( w + 7) + 1= - 5#?

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Solace M.
Jun 6, 2017

#w=-10#

Explanation:

The equation is #2(w+7)+1=-5#
First step to solve this equation is to subtract #1#, or add #-1# from both sides, which looks like #2(w+7)+1 ##-1##=-5 ##-1#, which can be simplified to be #2(w+7)=-6#.

From here, the next step is to divided both sides by 2, so that it looks like #(2(w+7))/2 = -6/2#, which can then be simplified to be
#w+7=-3#.

The last step is to subtract #7#, or add #-7# to both sides, so that the equation looks like #w+7# #-7##= -3# #-7#. This can be further simplified to equal #w=-10#, and there you have your answer!

I hope that helped!

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