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-9-11x=68 Steps please

User Bokambo
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Answer:

x=-7

Explanation:

-11x=68+9

-11x=77

divide both sides by -11

x=-7

User Kochchy
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We can start this equation off by doing the inverse operation for each sides. We add 9 to both sides in order to get rid of the -9 term to get:


-11x = 77

We now divide both sides by -11 in order to "isolate" our x variable to get:


x = -7

User Mhaller
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