SOLUTION: -9(k+7) - (-6k-8) = -4k = please help me step by step

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Question 798188: -9(k+7) - (-6k-8) = -4k = please help me step by step
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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-9%28k%2B7%29-%28-6k-8%29=-4k Start with the given equation.


-9k-63%2B6k%2B8=-4k Distribute.


-3k-55=-4k Combine like terms on the left side.


-3k=-4k%2B55 Add 55 to both sides.


-3k%2B4k=55 Add 4k to both sides.


k=55 Combine like terms on the left side.


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Answer:

So the solution is k=55