Question

17 = –13 – 8x

can you teach how to do this problem please

Answer 1

What are you wanting to do? Solve for x?

Answer 2

ok, first you want to get your constants (or x's) on one side of the = and all other on the other side.

Answer 3

so how will we move that -13 over?

Answer 4

i dont know thats im asking for help

Answer 5

If we remember that what we do to one side we must do to the other. So we add 13 to each side we get 30 = -8x. Does this make sense?