SOLUTION: please solve the equation: 3-5(x+2)=3(x+1)+6 please show the work and explain it

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Question 334647: please solve the equation:
3-5(x+2)=3(x+1)+6
please show the work and explain it
Answer by benazir.sj@gmail.com(109) About Me  (Show Source):
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3-5(x+2)=3(x+1)+6
solution:
3-5*x-5*2 =3*x+3*1+6
3-5x-10 =3x +3+6
-5x-7=3x+9
taking the like terms together
-5x-3x=9+7
-8x=16
x=16/-8
x=-2