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Five added to 6 times a number is equal to 2 less than 8 times the number. What is the number? Write the equation to solve and then find the answer to the question.
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Five added to 6 times a number is equal to 2 less than 8 times the number. What is the number? Write the equation to solve and then find the answer to the question.

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The equation is 5+6*x=2-8*x...
and the answer is:
17
How I got this is you have to combine like terms...
you get:11*x=-6*x
17*x=x
than divide by x...
which than gives you 17...



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