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Given the equation y=3x+2,what is the value of x when y = 8?

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\huge\boxed{2}


y=3x+2

Set
y=8.


8=3x+2

Subtract
2 from both sides.


6=3x

Divide both sides by
3.


\large\boxed{2=x}

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