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highl1ght
Jan 28, 2008, 01:10 PM
How do you solve this problem

Capuchin
Jan 28, 2008, 01:30 PM
Multiply out the brackets, collect like terms, divide away coefficients.

worldwide
Jun 9, 2008, 11:49 AM
x= -9

morgaine300
Jun 9, 2008, 01:35 PM
worldwide, we're not here just to tell people answers to their homework problems. That doesn't help them one bit in terms of trying to understand how the problem is done. We're here to help them understand it.

lalla1995
Jun 10, 2008, 05:06 AM
3x+7=2(x-1)

3x+7=2x-2

3x-2x=-2-7

x=-9