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Solve the following equation: 6x+2+3x=-25

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We have the following equation given:


6x+2+3x=-25

We can start aggrupating the terms with x and we got:


(6x+3x)+2=-25

Now we can operate and subtract 2 in both sides and we got:


9x=-27

Finally we can divide both sides by 9 and we got:


x=-(27)/(9)=-3

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