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-8a-1=-23 (get rid of the constants on one side by adding one to both sides)

-8a-1+1=-23+1

-8a=-22 (now divide both sides by -8)

-8a/-8=-22/-8 (this yields...)

a=-22/-8 (which is...)

a=2.75

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