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Which vocabulary term refers to the process you can use to check whether the value x = 7 is the solution to the equation 47 - 5x = 2 (x -1)
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equality
solution
inverse
substitution
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Substitution.
Check: substitute x = 7: left 47 − 5(7) = 47 − 35 = 12; right 2(7 − 1) = 2·6 = 12, so they match.
Check: substitute x = 7: left 47 − 5(7) = 47 − 35 = 12; right 2(7 − 1) = 2·6 = 12, so they match.
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