Answer :

The way I learned it, was you subtract 5x from 5x and 7x and then you would have 2x=5. Then you divide so it would be 2x divided by 2 and then you're left with x. Next you divide 5 by 2 so you would have x=5/2
7x=5+5x
7x-5x=5
2x=5
x=5/2
x=2.5

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