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(11x + 8) + (8x + 12) =27

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Oh wow that person that answered already
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Answer:

11x + 8 +8x +12 =27 (drop the parenthesis, there's no actual need for them)

19x +20 =27 (i combined like terms and then subtracted 20 from both sides)

19x = 7 (divide both sides by 19 to get x alone)

x= 7/19 or 0.36842105 (the answer)

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