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8x – 8 = 7x + 4 x = 12 How do they get 12?
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8x – 8 = 7x + 4
x = 12

How do they get 12?

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By simplifying both sides of the equation then isolating the variable
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8x-8=7x+4
-7x -7x

x-8=4
+8 +8

x= 12

you put the like variables together and then try to isolate the variable
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