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12-3x=18x+5
Use the distributive property to multiply 3 by 4-x.
12-3x-18x=5
Subtract 18x from both sides.
12-21x=5
Combine -3x and -18x to get -21x.
-21x=5-12
Subtract 12 from both sides.
-21x=-7
Subtract 12 from 5 to get -7.
x=\frac{-7}{-21}
Divide both sides by -21.
x=\frac{1}{3}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-7}{-21} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out -7.