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put this solution on YOUR website!In this problem, you first need to distribute the negative sign across the parentheses, which changes the problem to
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Now that you have done that, all equations are basically solved the same way:
1. Combine like terms. In this case, your equation changes to
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2. Get everything with an x on one side and everything without an x on the other side of the equal sign. In this equation, you need to move -3 to the right side of the equal sign by adding it to both sides of the equal sign:
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3. Solve for x. In this equation, divide both sides by 8, which gives you x=3.
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