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-16 + x = -30 is -14

User Eric Hasselbring
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hello

let's solve for x in this question


-16+x=-30

collect like terms

to do this, take all variables of x to one side of the equation and the non-variables to the other side


\begin{gathered} -16+x=-30 \\ x=-30+16 \\ x=-14 \end{gathered}

x = -14

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