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Solve - 8x = 56 for x.

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\begin{gathered} -8x=56 \\ we\text{ want to find x } \\ \text{let us divide both sides by -8} \\ (-8x)/(-8)=(56)/(-8) \\ x=-7 \end{gathered}

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