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Solving for Operational Costs

A manager is calculating the costs of two different service contracts. Contract B is 'one thousand dollars more than twice' the cost of Contract A. The sum of both contracts is seven thousand dollars. If the problem is modeled by the equation x+(2x+1000)=7000x + (2x + 1000) = 7000, what are the three specific algebraic steps, in the correct order, required to solve this equation for xx as described in the problem-solving strategy?

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