x = 3
Reason:
Move -2x to the left side
Move +5 to the right side
When switching a number form one side of the equation to the other, it changes the sign. -2x would be +2x, whole +5 would be -5.
The new equation would look like this.
-4x+2x = -5-1
-2x=-6
Then you divide by -2x
x=3
