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Answer this equation
256-3x=384-5x

User Caspar
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-3x =384-256-5x
-3x = 128-5x
5x-3x=128
2× = 128
x = 128/2 = 64
:. x = 64
User Oral
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(256-3x) - 384 = (384-5x) -384

-128-3x=-5x

(-128-3x) + 3x = (-5x + 3x)

-128 = -2x

-128÷-2 = -2x÷-2

64=x
User Reft
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