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-14x+28=-4x
Use the distributive property to multiply 7 by -2x+4.
-14x+28+4x=0
Add 4x to both sides.
-10x+28=0
Combine -14x and 4x to get -10x.
-10x=-28
Subtract 28 from both sides. Anything subtracted from zero gives its negation.
x=\frac{-28}{-10}
Divide both sides by -10.
x=\frac{14}{5}
Reduce the fraction \frac{-28}{-10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out -2.