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Solve the equation: 8x=26

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That depends. If we’re talking in a sense of solving multi-step equations, then I might have the right solution for you.

So, we have 8x=26, right? Here’s the neat part: you can just easily divide 26 by 8! So it would go like this:

8x = 26
— —
8 8

And so, when you divide 26 by 8, you get 13/4 or 3.25!

I learned this through a strategy I learned in my freshman year, it was called DCAM (Don’t Call Me After Midnight). The Midnight part was the part where you simply divide the remaining number the number with the variable. So there you go! Hope this helped! :)

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