The answer is negative 21
The Answer would be x=72. Why? Because
is your %. You Cross multiply 240 * 30 = 100x
240 time 30 = 7200. you want x to be alone so you do 7200 divided by 100 equaling 72. So you get x=72.
If you would like to solve 5x - 65 = 3x - 17, you can do this using the following steps:
5x - 65 = 3x - 17
5x - 3x = 65 - 17
2x = 48
x = 48/2
x = 24
The correct result would be 24.