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5x - 8 = -6x - 10. solve for x.
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5x - 8 = -6x - 10. solve for x.

User Kir Chou
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What you do is first you add 6x to both sides and then you problem becomes
11x - 8 = - 10
then you'll add 8 to both sides and get
11x = - 2
So you divide by 11 on both sides because you divide whatever is on the right side of the x and get
x = -11/2
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x= -2/11 this is the answer
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