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10x=7-5
Subtract 5 from both sides.
10x=2
Subtract 5 from 7 to get 2.
x=\frac{2}{10}
Divide both sides by 10.
x=\frac{1}{5}
Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.