Question

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help find X in the question below

Answer 1

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Answer 2

first, what do you get when you distribute the 3 in 3(x-2)?

Answer 3

3x -6

Answer 4

excellent! now, on the left side we have 3x - 6 + 5x, and we can add the 5x and the 3x to get 8x, right?

Answer 5

right

Answer 6

ok, what happens when we add 6 to both sides?

Answer 7

24

Answer 8

what about the left side?

Answer 9

8x

Answer 10

ok, great! we now have 8x = 24, do you know how to get x from here?

Answer 11

3 thank you @Vocaloid