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Well, your equation probably looks like this: 4x + 5 = -7

So you would follow these steps to get x by itself.

4x + 5 = -7

Subract 5 from both sides and you get 4x = -12

4x = -12

Divide both sides by 4 to get x by itself

x = -3

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