How do you solve $-5x-14=2x+7$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-26T19:21:19

$x = -3$

To solve this equation execute the following operations to keep the equation balanced while solving for $x$ :

$-5x - 14 = 2x + 7$

$-5x + 5x - 14 = 2x + 5x + 7$

$-14 = 7x +7$

$-14 - -7 = 7x + 7 - 7$

$-21 = 7x$

$(1/7) 7x = (1/7) (-21)$

$x = -3$

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