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Math
Algebra
Algebraic Equations
Three times the sum of a number and seven

Three times the sum of a number and seven is two less than five times the number



Let's take this apart

Three    
3

times    
*

the sum of    
what's added

a number    
x

and    
+

seven    
7

is    
=

two less    
- 2

than five times the number   
5x



and now,
we'll fit this back together

3(x + 7) = 5x - 2