Find the sum of (x + 5) and (2x + 3)

What you can do is subtract 1x from each side 
Then you subtract 3 from each side
Then it tells you x=2
Always put what you think x is back into the problem and see if it works out

Example on how you do it:
(x+5)=(2x+3)
5=(x+3)
2=x

It is the top one. the answer is -7. that is smallest