Solve for x 3x+2(5-x)=0

$3 x + 2 (5 - x) = 0$

Step 1

Simplify $3 x + 2 (5 - x)$ .

Simplify each term.

Apply the distributive property.

$3 x + 2 \cdot 5 + 2 (- x) = 0$

Multiply $2$ by $5$ .

$3 x + 10 + 2 (- x) = 0$

Multiply $- 1$ by $2$ .

$3 x + 10 - 2 x = 0$

$3 x + 10 - 2 x = 0$

Subtract $2 x$ from $3 x$ .

$x + 10 = 0$

$x + 10 = 0$

Step 2

Subtract $10$ from both sides of the equation.

$x = - 10$

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