SOLUTION: Please help.
Solve the equation.
-8(-2+x)-5=-8(x+8)
16-8x-5=-8x -64
11 -8x = -8x -64
add 8x
11+x = -64
subtract 11
x = -75
-75 is not correct when substituted
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Solve the equation.
-8(-2+x)-5=-8(x+8)
16-8x-5=-8x -64
11 -8x = -8x -64
add 8x
11+x = -64
subtract 11
x = -75
-75 is not correct when substituted
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Question 772397: Please help.
Solve the equation.
-8(-2+x)-5=-8(x+8)
16-8x-5=-8x -64
11 -8x = -8x -64
add 8x
11+x = -64
subtract 11
x = -75
-75 is not correct when substituted for x
Thanks anyone for any help you are able to provide
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16-8x-5=-8x -64
11 -8x = -8x -64
add 8x
11+x = -64 ---------------YOUR MISTAKE HERE.
subtract 11
x = -75
-75 is not correct when substituted for x
Thanks anyone for any help you are able to provide
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The process should have gone like this.
16-8x-5=-8x-64
add 8x to both sides
11=-64
Impossible Result.
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