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Which linear expression would you add to -8b+5 to have a sum of -b?
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Which linear expression would you add to -8b+5 to have a sum of -b?

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-b
- (-8b+5)
_________
-b
+ (8b-5)
__________
Solution: 7b-5

Check: 7b-5
+ -8b+5
__________
-b
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