How do you solve $5x + 35= 10x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-25T21:15:35

See a solution process below:

First, subtract $color(red)(5x)$ from each side of the equation to isolate the $x$ term while keeping the equation balanced:

$-color(red)(5x) + 5x + 35 = -color(red)(5x) + 10x$

$0 + 35 = (-color(red)(5) + 10)x$

$35 = 5x$

Now, divide each side of the equation by $color(red)(5)$ to solve for $x$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$35/color(red)(5) = (5x)/color(red)(5)$

$7 = (color(red)(cancel(color(black)(5)))x)/cancel(color(red)(5))$

$7 = x$

$x = 7$

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