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Negative 8 equals x plus 11 over negative two

Negative 8 equals x plus 11 over negative two-example-1
User Yenta
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Answer:

x=5

Explanation:

-2 multiplied by -8 is 16. Then 16-11=5 so the answer is x=5

User Dcromley
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Answer:

x = 5

Explanation:

Okay. So, the first thing you should be thinking is how to get the x to one side. To do that, we first have to get ride of the -2 in the denominator. Since the opposite of division is multiplication, we multiply both sides by -2 to get rid of it. At this point, our equation becomes

16 = x + 11

Now, we must subtract 11 from both sides to get

5 = x

And this ^ is our answer

Hope I Helped!!!!!

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