SOLUTION: 2(n+4)=8-6(n-4) 2n+8=8 -6n+24 -6n+2n=-4n 8+24 -4n + 32 -4n/4=32/4 n=8 NOT ON MY ANSWER SHEET A. 0 B. 16 C. 3 D. -3

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Question 451176: 2(n+4)=8-6(n-4)
2n+8=8 -6n+24
-6n+2n=-4n 8+24
-4n + 32
-4n/4=32/4
n=8
NOT ON MY ANSWER SHEET
A. 0
B. 16
C. 3
D. -3
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

2(n+4)=8-6(n-4)

2n+8 = 8 -6n+24  |Good work eliminating the parenthesis

 8n = 24   |Adding 6n and subtracting 8 from both sides of the Equation

  n = 3