What is the first operation used in solving this equation? 2x + 5 = 10 a) addition b) division c) multiplication d) subtraction

D) subtraction

Step-by-step explanation:

The given equation:

To solve this equation for the value of x, first we need to remove 5 from the left side.

For this we need to first subtract 5 from both the sides of the equation.

The equation will become

Then , we need to remove 2 from the left side to get the value of x, so we divide 2 from the both sides, we get

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