Consider the equation:  $\displaystyle {7}{\left({x}-{10}\right)}={2}{x}-{8}-{x}+{10}$

Step 1: Simplify the equation by using the distributive property to rewrite the left side of the equation without parentheses, and combining like terms on the right side.

     Simplified left side        Simplified right side

      $\displaystyle =$ 

Step 2: Now, solve the equation.

     $\displaystyle {x}=$