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6 + −28 − x = -2
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User Seventeen
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6+(-28)-x=-2\\\\\ 6-28-x=-2\\\\ -22-x=-2\ \ \ |Add \ 22\\\\ -x=20\ \ \ |Multiply\ by\ (-1)\\\\ \boxed{x=-20}
User Clancy Merrick
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The answer is x=-20.
6+ -28 -x =-2
You first add 28 to each side=6+-x=26 then you minus 6 from each side=-x=20.
Then you divide 20 by -x resulting in x=-20
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