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Algebra.Com's Answer #517251 by josgarithmetic(39617)\"\" \"About 
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Distributive Property, and then use of additive inverses to collect like terms. The terms of x must be on one side and constants on the other side. Finally, use the multiplicative inverse for the coefficient on x term to finish solving for x. \n" ); document.write( "
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