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8x - 11 = -2x + 15 -5. What steps would you take to solve this?
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8x - 11 = -2x + 15 -5. What steps would you take to solve this?

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Combine like terms. So that means combine the X's and combine the regular numbers.

- add 2x to 8x
- combine +15 -5
- then add 11 to that
- once you're done, find X by dividing 10x by whatever you have after the = sign

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