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Please help to solve 4x - 8 = 14

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Adding 8 to the given equation we get:


\begin{gathered} 4x-8+8=14+8, \\ 4x=22. \end{gathered}

Dividing the above equation by 4 we get:


\begin{gathered} (4x)/(4)=(22)/(4), \\ x=(11)/(2)\text{.} \end{gathered}

Answer:


x=(11)/(2)\text{.}

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