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Solve for x. It's telling me right but all have to ask is to just please answer quick

Solve for x. It's telling me right but all have to ask is to just please answer quick-example-1
User Patrice Cote
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Answer: (7y+237) / 8 = x

Step-by-step explanation:

So your equation is:
(2y+50) + (7x-248) + (5y-17) + (x+44)
First thing to do is combine all the like terms. Lets start with y. So that would be 2y + 5y= 7y and 50 + -17 is 33. The new equation is:
(7y + 33) + (7x-248) + (x+44)

Now we will combine the x. We will do -248+44= -204
and 7x+x= 8x.
Now our new equation is:

(7y + 33) + (8x+-204)
Now we can subtract 33 from -204. That is 237.
Now we have 7y+237 = 8x
To isolate x we need to divide by 8. That will give us this:
(7y+237) / 8 = x

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