1) To solve for x, is to leave the x on the left side the other variables on the right along with the constants, like this
[tex]\begin{gathered} 5\text{ +kx =17} \\ kx\text{ =17-5} \\ x=\frac{17-5}{k} \end{gathered}[/tex]Note that, we subtracted 5 and then divided by x.
