3+4x=5x
a=3 , b=4 , c=5 just solve x
a=3 , b=4 , c=5 just solve x
This is very difficult to solve by an algebraic method.
It is better to use a graphical method.
Using a graphing calculator,
Y1 = 3 + 4x
Y2= 5x
Find the point of intersection. x ≈ 1.472


Hilton T.
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Solve for x means the same as Find the solution to the problem or What is the value of x that satisfies the equation. In the first case ( a+bx=cx), you have a point there.
In the second case, where specific values were given for a and b, 3+4x=5x, you are expected to find the value of x that satisfies the equation.
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Mark M.
My comment was based on forty years experience teaching all levels of high school mathematics. "Solve for x" and "solve" are general interpreted as two difference operations.
The "second case" was an examples to clarify the object equation.
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