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Solve for x:

-4 over 3, multiplied by x minus 6 equals negative 26
−27
−15
15
27

User Vrwim
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The equation that you provided is - x - 6 = -26

To solve it, we need to isolate x, so we add 6 to both sides and we get

Now, we have to isolate x by doing the reciprocal of which is

So we multiply both sides by to cancel it out and we are left with

x = which is

x = 15

User TheClockTwister
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The answer is C.) x=15
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