5x + 3 = 7x – 1. Find x

a. 1/3
b. ½
c. 1
d. 2

Step-by-step explanation:

First you need to get like items on the same side(put the variables on one side and the non-variables on the other).  Remember anything you do on one side of the equal, you have to do on the other side, too.

5X+3=7X-1   I'm going to move the -1 first, but you don't have to as long as you keep the equation equal.

5X+3+1=7X-1+1    We know that +1-1 is zero and so is -1+1.  So

5X+3+1=7X      We don't need to keep that zero.

5X+4=7X         Now, we want to move the 5X over.

5X-5X+4=7X-5X    Simplify and get rid of the zero.

4=2X             Last, we have to divide to get the 2 away from the X.

4/2=2X/2            Not everyone know that slash mean divide, :-).

2=X

option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have