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What is the answer to the equation -2x-8=-10
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What is the answer to the equation -2x-8=-10

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You need to get "x" by itself on one side


-2x-8=-10

Add positive eight on both sides---because its the opposite of negaitve


-2x-8+8=-10+8


-2x=-2

Divide -2 by -2

-2÷-2=1


x=1
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