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7x - 2x + 4 = 8 - 3x what's the value of x

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The initial equation is:


7x-2x+4=8-3x

so we can move all term with x to the left and the constants to the right so:


\begin{gathered} 7x-2x+3x=8-4 \\ 8x=4 \end{gathered}

Now we divide by 8 bout side of the equation so:


\begin{gathered} x=(4)/(8) \\ x=(1)/(2) \end{gathered}

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