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Plz solve -8 ( x - 3 ) - 4x = 48

User Sam Hanson
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Answer:

X= -2

Explanation:

First, you need to distribute -8 into (x-3) ---> -8(x-3)-4x=48

-8x + 24 -4x= 48

Get numbers with variables on its own side--> -24 -24

-8x - 4x = 24

Combine -8x and -4x -----> -8x-4x = -12x -12x = 24

Divide ----------------------------------> -12 -12

24÷ -12 = -2

User Robert Green MBA
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Answer:

x = -2

Explanation:

-8 ( x - 3 ) - 4x = 48

Distribute

-8x +24 -4x = 48

Combine like terms

-12x +24 = 48

Subtract 24 from each side

-12x+24-24 = 48-24

-12x = 24

Divide each side by -12

-12x/-12 = 24/-12

x = -2

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