SOLUTION: please solve -36+2w=-8w+w this is what i have so far -36+2w=-8w+w -36+2w=9w -2w -2w -36=-11w -36/-11=3.2 -11w/-11

Question 303472: please solve -36+2w=-8w+w

this is what i have so far
-36+2w=-8w+w
-36+2w=9w
-2w -2w
-36=-11w
-36/-11=3.2 -11w/-11
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There's a problem on your first step. -8w+w is NOT 9w as it should be -7w

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So the solution is

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