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3x-8=6x+5
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User Renna
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3x-8=6x+5\ \ \ |+8\\\\3x=6x+13\ \ \ |-6x\\\\-3x=13\ \ \ |:(-3)\\\\\boxed{x=-(13)/(3)}

User Leszek Jasek
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Hello!

First of all, let's subtract 6x from both sides.

-3x-8=5

We add 8 to both sides.

-3x=13

We divide both sides by -3.

x=
-(13)/(3)

I hope this helps!

User Gene McCulley
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