document.write( "Question 53468: Can someone help me on this problem?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #35714 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)\"\" \"About 
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The idea is to get the unknown (x) on the left and the integers on the right
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\n" ); document.write( "5x + 8 + 3x -x + 5 = 6x - 3
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\n" ); document.write( "5x + 3x - x + 8 + 5 = 6x - 3; group like terms
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\n" ); document.write( "7x + 13 = 6x - 3: did the math on like terms
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\n" ); document.write( "7x - 6x = - 3 - 13; subtracted 6x and 13 from both sides
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\n" ); document.write( "1x = -16
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\n" ); document.write( "Check our solution by substituting -16 for x in the original equation
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\n" ); document.write( "5(-16) + 8 + 3(-16) -(-16) + 5 = 6(-16) - 3
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\n" ); document.write( "-80 + 8 - 48 + 16 + 5 = -96 - 3: remember two negatives = a plus
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\n" ); document.write( "-99 = -99; checks our solution x = -16\r
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