Answer
$x=3.5$
Work Step by Step
We need to get the x alone. Thus, we cancel out the subtraction by adding 2 on both sides. This leaves us with the equation $7x=24.5$. In order to cancel out multiplication, we use division, so we divide both sides by 7 to get that $x=3.5$. We plug 3.5 in for x and confirm that our answer is, indeed, correct.
