SOLUTION: Please help solve for x and check work. –3(x + 1) = 2(x – 8) + 3

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Question 47767This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
: Please help solve for x and check work.
–3(x + 1) = 2(x – 8) + 3 This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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–3(x + 1) = 2(x – 8) + 3
-3x-3 = 2x-16+3
Get the x terms on one side the the number terms on the other, as follows:
5x=-3+13
5x=10
x=2
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Checking the answer:
-3(2+1) = 2(2-8)+3
-3(3) = 2(-6)+3
-9 = -12+3
-9= -9
Cheers,
Stan H.