Solve for x 5x+2y=20

$5 x + 2 y = 20$

Step 1

Subtract $2 y$ from both sides of the equation.

$5 x = 20 - 2 y$

Step 2

Divide each term in $5 x = 20 - 2 y$ by $5$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $5 x = 20 - 2 y$ by $5$ .

$\frac{5 x}{5} = \frac{20}{5} + \frac{- 2 y}{5}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $5$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{5 x}{5} = \frac{20}{5} + \frac{- 2 y}{5}$

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{20}{5} + \frac{- 2 y}{5}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify each term.

Divide $20$ by $5$ .

$x = 4 + \frac{- 2 y}{5}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$x = 4 - \frac{2 y}{5}$