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-2x-10x+12=18
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User Trax
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Answer: -1/2

Step-by-step explanation: subtract 12 from 18. add your -2x to your -10x and get -12x. Divide your -12x to your 6 and you get -1/2=x

User Peri
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Answer:


\large\boxed{x=-(1)/(2)=-0.5}

Explanation:


-2x-10x+12=18\qquad\text{subtract 12 from both sides}\\\\-2x-10x=18-12\qquad\text{simplify}\\\\-12x=6\qquad\text{divide both sides by (-12)}\\\\x=(6)/(-12)\\\\x=-(6:6)/(12:6)\\\\x=-(1)/(2)

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