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What would you need to do to solve for x? x-17=-76

What would you need to do to solve for x? x-17=-76
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What would you need to do to solve for x?
x-17=-76

User Guttsy
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1. move -17 to the other side so it becomes positive, then -17 cancels out
2. -76 + 17
x = -59
User Alik Khilazhev
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Add 17 to both sides of the equation to isolate x. -76+17=-59, therefore x=-59
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