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The solution of 5x + 7 = 2x – 8 is x = [[1]].


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answer is -5.

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The solution of 5x + 7 = 2x – 8 is x = -5.
The linear equation is given as follows,
5x+7=2x8
We first subtract 2x from each side of the above equation and simplify as follows,
5x+72x=2x82x 3x+7=8
3x+77=87 3x=15 3x 3 = 15 3 x=5
Therefore, x=5 is the solution of 5x + 7 = 2x – 8.
 
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