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write an equation that requires the use of the addition property of equality, where 6 must be added to each side to solve the equation, and the solution is a negative number. the book say's x-6= -8..please explain the process.
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\n" ); document.write( "x - 6 = -8
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\n" ); document.write( "In order to get x by itself on the left of the = sign we add 6 to both sides:
\n" ); document.write( "x - 6 + 6 = - 8 + 6
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\n" ); document.write( "That eliminates the 6, do the math on the right and you have:
\n" ); document.write( "x = -2
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\n" ); document.write( "The \"addition property of equality,\" just means that whatever you add to
\n" ); document.write( "one side of an equation you add the same to the other side, thus preserving
\n" ); document.write( " equality, and in the process, you have isolated the variable (x) by itself,
\n" ); document.write( " thus finding x's value, which in most case \"solves\" the equation\r
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