Question 262647
Hello, 
Yes, you were close. So we set it up like this:
8-2x=12 Now subtract 8 from both sides to give us:
-2x=4 Divide both sides by -2 to get:
x=-2
So let's see if this works.
8-2(-2)=12 I'll let you figure it out from here. 
Make sense?
RJ 
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