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2-3x=8 what does x equal?

User Yngve Moe
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-3x=8-2
-3x=6
3x=-6
x=-6/3
x=-2
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If you would like to solve the equation 2 - 3 * x = 8 for x, you can calculate this using the following steps:

2 - 3 * x = 8
-3 * x = 8 - 2
-3 * x = 6 /(-3)
x = 6 / (-3)
x = -2

Result: x equals to -2.
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