SOLUTION: Trying to help my daughter with her homework and I don't know how to solve for x. The problem is 17x + 56 = -12 Can anyone help me figure this out step by step?
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Question 781047: Trying to help my daughter with her homework and I don't know how to solve for x. The problem is 17x + 56 = -12 Can anyone help me figure this out step by step?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
17x + 56 = -12
17x=-68 subtract 56 from each side of the equation.
x=-4 divide -68 by 17. The answer is pronounced "negative four" not "minus four"
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Ed
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