SOLUTION: -8x-20=25 and 1/3 x=?

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Question 464043: -8x-20=25 and 1/3
x=?
Answer by algebrahouse.com(1659) About Me  (Show Source):
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-8x - 20 = 25 1/3
-8x = 45 1/3 {added 20 to both sides}
-8x = 136/3 {changed 45 1/3 to improper fraction}
x = -17/3 {divided both sides by -8, multiplying by reciprocal -1/8}

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