Question 245867
You can add or subtract the same value from both sides of an equation without changing the solutions so you can subtract 8g from both sides giving:

2g+14+5g-8g=8g-3+8-8g =
2g+14+5g-8g=8g-8g-3+8 =
2g+14+5g-8g=-3+8=5

This essentially removes the variable from the right side of the equation.

Subtracting 14 from both sides results in:

2g+14+5g-8g-14 = 5-14

Simplify to:

2g+5g-8g = -9
-g = -9
g = 9