" the sum " means add
the sum of 8 and a number...
8 + n <== ur expression
The answer is -2. To do this, combine all like terms then solve for x by dividing.
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You may go the super easy way and choose 1 as the whole number and 0.28 as the decimal number. Then you'd obviously have 
Otherwise, to be a bit more creative, you can observe that

And since 1/25=0.04, you can also choose 7 as the integer, and 0.04 as the decimal to get
