SOLUTION: Could you please help me find the value of x in the equation -6(x-8) = 7x+2

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Question 779532: Could you please help me find the value of x in the equation -6(x-8) = 7x+2
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Simplifying usually means performing operations on the numbers. Simplification is needed so you can perform operations to have all terms of x on one side and all contants on the other side.

-6%28x-8%29+=+7x%2B2
-6x%2B48=7x%2B2
-7x-6x%2B48=2
-13x=2-48
13x=48-2=46
x=46%2F13