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Simplifying an equation often helps solve it.
Set up the equation and solve: -27 = 8x - 5x (next simplify by subtracting 5x from 8x)) -27 = 3x (next divide both sides of the equation by 3) -27/3 = 3x/3 (next simplify and solve) -9 = x
You can't. Math is not an algebraic expression. Simplifying an equation, however, can take multiple forms. Sometimes simplify simply means to solve an equation. Other times, it can mean to bring an equation into a standard form, such as with line equations, or quadratic equations.
Now simplify the equation by doing the math. 2−2+x=7−2
Set up the equation and solve: -27 = 8x - 5x (next simplify by subtracting 5x from 8x)) -27 = 3x (next divide both sides of the equation by 3) -27/3 = 3x/3 (next simplify and solve) -9 = x