SOLUTION: Could you please help me solve this problem? -10(8x+1)+8(10x+1)=x-9 = 80x+10+80x+8=x-9 = 70x + 88x =x-9 I am stuck here?

Question 73172: Could you please help me solve this problem?
-10(8x+1)+8(10x+1)=x-9
= 80x+10+80x+8=x-9
= 70x + 88x =x-9
I am stuck here?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Looks like you've got the right idea but you have to be more careful with the signs (+ & -).
Solve for x:
Apply the distributive property.
Combine like-terms on the left.
Simplify.
Add 9 to both sides.

The solution is: x = 7
Check: Substitute x = 7
Simplify.

Check!
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