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What is the solution to the equ a t i o n to x + 8 equals 28

What is the solution to the equ a t i o n to x + 8 equals 28-example-1
User Keyur Panchal
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2x+8=28

First we have to substract 8 from both terms. This way the 8 in the left term disappears:


\begin{gathered} 2x=28-8 \\ 2x=20 \end{gathered}

And now we divide both terms by 2, so that in the left term we only have x:


x=(20)/(2)=10

The answer is the first option, x = 10

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