How do you solve $- 5 (x - 3) = - 25$ $-5( x - 3) = - 25$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-14T20:00:24

$x = 8$ $x=8$

Expanding we get

$- 5 x + 15 = - 25$ $-5x+15=-25$ subtracting $15$ $15$ from both sides

$- 5 x = - 40$ $-5x=-40$

dividing by $- 5$ $-5$

so $x = 8$ $x=8$

Answer 2 · 2018-07-14T20:06:34

$x = 8$ $x=8$

To solve the equation we need to isolate the $x$ $x$

$- 5 (x - 3) = - 25$ $-5(color(blue)(x)-3) =-25$

Divide both sides by $- 5$ $-5$

$\frac{- 5 (x - 3)}{- 5} = \frac{- 25}{- 5}$ $(-5(color(blue)(x)-3))/-5 =(-25)/(-5)$

$\times \times x - 3 = 5$ $color(white)(xxxx)color(blue)(x)-3 =5$

$\times \times \times x x = 5 + 3$ $color(white)(xxxxxxx)x = 5+3$

$\times \times \times x x = 8$ $color(white)(xxxxxxx)x=8$

How do you solve −5(x−3)=−25-5( x - 3) = - 25?