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How do you solve -3x-8 plus 4x equals 17?

Updated: 12/13/2022
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12y ago

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-3x-8+4x=17

(-3x+4x)-8=17 ;combine like terms

(x)-8=17 ;add 8 to both sides

x=25

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lenpollock

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1y ago

-3x - 8 + 4x = 17

Add 'like terms' .

-3x + 4x = x

Hence

x - 8 = 17

Add '8' to both sides.

x = 25

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