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Help I don’t understand this-example-1

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They give you the y-value in an (x, y) ordered pair. So you plug in 8 where the y is and solve.

- 4x - 8 = 24

Add 8 to each side

- 4x = 32

Divide each side by - 4

x = - 8

So your ordered pair is (- 8, 8).
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