Question 658004
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Hi,
Combining Like Terms and Isolating the variable on one side of the EQ
-4x + 10 = -5x + 18   |||adding 5x and -10 to both sides of the EQ
      x = 8
By isolating the variable...now we can read  {{{x = 8}}}