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Help please! I just need to know how to do this step by step...

Help please! I just need to know how to do this step by step...-example-1
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Answer:

-8 - 5n= 64 + 3n

+8 +8

=0 =72

-5n= 72 + 3n

-3n -3n

-8n= 72 divide both sides by -8

n= -9

User Weiss
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-8 - 5n = 64 + 3n

+5n +5n add 5n to both sides, 5n's cancel out on the left.

______________

-8 = 64 + 8n

-64 -64 subtract 64 on both sides, 64's cancel out on the right.

______________

-72 = 8n

___ ___ divide 8 on both sides, 8's cancel out from the right.

8 8

n= -9, final answer

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