{"id":21272,"date":"2026-05-25T22:28:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T16:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/solve-a-linear-equation-with-coefficient-5-3\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T22:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T16:28:06","slug":"solve-a-linear-equation-with-coefficient-5-3","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/solve-a-linear-equation-with-coefficient-5-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Solve a linear equation with coefficient 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solve for x: 5x + 17 = 22.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>-1<\/li>\n<li>1<\/li>\n<li>2<\/li>\n<li>3<\/li>\n<li>0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[2902,2706],"subject":[2750],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-21272","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-algebraic-reasoning","topic-linear-equations","subject-advanced-mathematics","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"Move the constant term first: 5x = 22 - 17 = 5. Then divide both sides by 5, so x = 1. Work through the problem step by step and check the final choice against the original question. This helps avoid choosing an option that looks similar but does not satisfy the condition. The correct answer is 1, which matches the calculation or reasoning shown.","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"-1"},{"right":"yes","answer":"1"},{"right":"no","answer":"2"},{"right":"no","answer":"3"},{"right":"no","answer":"0"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":2750,"title":"Advanced Mathematics","slug":"advanced-mathematics"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":2902,"title":"Algebraic Reasoning","slug":"algebraic-reasoning"},{"id":2706,"title":"Linear Equations","slug":"linear-equations"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/21272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=21272"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=21272"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=21272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}