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3x+3=-2-12 how to solve

User Informaton
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combine 3x+3 and -2-12

that would make it 9x=-14

then you divide 9 from both sides

x= -14/9
User Shajin Chandran
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3x+3=-2-12
Combine the -2 and -12 and it'll get you:
3x+3=-14
Then combine like terms on both sides (subtract 3 on both sides):
3x= -17
Then divide 3x from both sides:
-5.66 (repeating decimal)
User Dave Sanders
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