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7500\left(150-x\right)=2\times 4200\left(x-25\right)
Multiply 15 and 500 to get 7500.
1125000-7500x=2\times 4200\left(x-25\right)
Use the distributive property to multiply 7500 by 150-x.
1125000-7500x=8400\left(x-25\right)
Multiply 2 and 4200 to get 8400.
1125000-7500x=8400x-210000
Use the distributive property to multiply 8400 by x-25.
1125000-7500x-8400x=-210000
Subtract 8400x from both sides.
1125000-15900x=-210000
Combine -7500x and -8400x to get -15900x.
-15900x=-210000-1125000
Subtract 1125000 from both sides.
-15900x=-1335000
Subtract 1125000 from -210000 to get -1335000.
x=\frac{-1335000}{-15900}
Divide both sides by -15900.
x=\frac{4450}{53}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-1335000}{-15900} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out -300.