<PRE><B>Question 995542</B>
3 + 5 * (8-2*x) = 63


remove the parentheses to get:


3 + 5*8 - 5*2*x = 63


simplify to get:


3 + 40 - 10*x = 63


combine like terms to get:


43 - 10*x = 63


subtract 43 from both sides of the equation to get:


43 - 10*x - 43 = 63 - 43


combine like terms to get:


-10*x = 20


divide both sides of the equation by -10 to get:


-10*x/-10 = 20/-10


simplify to get:


x = -2


replace x in the original equation with -2 to get:


3 + 5 * (8-2*x) = 63 becomes:
3 + 5 * (8 - 2*-2) = 63 which becomes:
3 + 5 * (8 + 4) = 63 which becomes:
3 + 5 * (12) = 63 which becomes:
3 + 60 = 63 which becomes:
63 = 63 which confirms the solution is correct.








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