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Question
Give the steps you will use to separate the variable and then solve the equation:
5m + 7 = 17
Sum
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Solution
5m + 7 = 17
Subtracting 7 from both sides of the given equation, we obtain
5m + 7 − 7
= 17 − 7
5m = 10
Dividing both sides of the given equation by 5, we obtain
`(5m)/5`
= `10/5`
m = 2
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