Xavier has x dollars. This morning Alex had twice as much money as Xavier. After Alex spent three dollars on chips, he only had seven dollars left. How much money does Xavier have?

Step-by-step explanation:

He has $5

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none of the above.

for one of the equations to be used in the process, there has to be a term in the equation since squared is .

since there is only a term in the first equation, we cannot derive a from completing the square.

solving with completing the square