Question

–x + 10 – 8x + 2x = 17 

Answer 1

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Answer 2

combine like terms first :)

Answer 3

add number with same variable and same exponent together
and number without any variable add them together

Answer 4

take away the 10 from both sides then combine the Xs to get -7X=7. It then might be easier to swap the sides to get -7=7X then divide both sides by 7 to reach X=-1