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-9+8x=35

explain please
9-8x=-35
please xplain
-9-8x=-35
Please explain

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-9+8x=35

to eliminate -9 from left side, adding 9 to both sides we get,

9-9+8x=35+9

8x=44

divide both sides by 8

8x/8 = 44/8

x=11/2

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