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8q = 5q - 24 can someone please simplify this

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If you would like to solve the equation 8 * q = 5 * q - 24, you can calculate this using the following steps:

8 * q = 5 * q - 24
8 * q - 5 * q = - 24
3 * q = - 24 /3
q = - 24/3
q = - 8

The correct result would be - 8.
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