Question 1175905
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Hello,


    x + 23 = 8x - 5


is not a question. It is an equation.


A question is how to solve it . . . 



                <U>SOLUTION</U>


    x + 23 = 8x - 5


Move x from left side to right side, changing its sign.

    23     = 8x - 5 - x


Combine like terms on the left side

    23     = 7x - 5


Move (-5) from right side to the left side, changing the sign

    23 + 5 = 7x


Combine like terms in the left side

   28      = 7x


Divide both sides by 7

    x      = 28/7 = 4.


<U>ANSWER</U>.  The solution is  x= 4.
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