2x - 5 = 9 Step 1: 2x - 5 = 9
+5 +5

2x = 14, - 5x and 5x will canceled out because it is equal to 0

Step 2: 2x = 14, Multiply both sides by 2

2x (2) = 12 (2)
x = 24
Step 3: Final x = 24

There are a total sales of 2,000 dollars on monday on tuesday sales dropped 10% on wednesday sales dropped another 20% compared with tuesday from wednesday to thursday sales increases by an equal amount to 25% of monday total sales what is the net change in dollars on total sales from monday to tuesday