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-(3c - 8) - 3cneed help please look carefully

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Let's begin by listing out the information given to us:

-(3c - 8) - 3c

Expand the bracket, we have:

-3c - (-8) - 3c ⇒ -3c + 8 - 3c

-3c + 8 - 3c

Put like terms together, we have:

-3c -3c + 8 ⇒ -6c + 8

-6c + 8

To solve for "c", we equate to zero. We have:

-6c + 8 = 0

Add "6c" to both sides, we have:

-6c + 6c + 8 = 0 + 6c

8 = 6c ⇒ 6c = 8

6c = 8

Divide both sides by "6", we have:

c = 8/6 = 4/3

c = 4/3

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