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OpenStudy (anonymous):

-7(x-4)+8x=12+14

OpenStudy (surana):

Okay, first you want to multiply, start by multiplying -7 into x-4.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[-7x-28/ -7x+28\]

OpenStudy (surana):

Yes, it's -7x + 28. Okay, so now, it's -7x +28 + 8x = 12 +14, now you want to combine like terms, so put all the non x numbers on the right side and combine the X numbers on the left, remember, you have to reverse it, so something like +5 on the left would become -5 on the right and so forth.

OpenStudy (surana):

You still there?

OpenStudy (surana):

Guess not then. I'll let someone else handle this then.

OpenStudy (crashonce):

ok the easy way is to shift all x's to one side and all numbers to the other try that

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