First you subtract 9 from both sides, so you get -2x=26
Then you divide both sides by -2 which is x=-13
So your answer is -13.
Answer
Find out the what is the sale price of the jeans including tax .
To prove
Let us assume that the sale price of the jeans including tax be x .
As given
Michael is buying a pair of jeans that regularly cost $40.
They are on sale for 20% off.
If the tax rate is 8% .
20% is written in the decimal form

= 0.20
8% is written in the decimal form

= 0.08
Than the equation becomes
x = 40 - 40 × 0.20 + 40 × 0.08
x = 40 - 8 + 3.2
x = 43.2 - 8
x = $35.2
Therefore the sale price of the jeans including tax be $ 35.2 .
Two equations with infinite solutions would look the exact same. Example:
y=mx+b
y=mx+b
Example 2
y=2x+5
y=2x+5
For an equation with no solution they would have the same slope but different y intercepts. An equation with same slope and same y intercepts would have infinite solutions.
Answer:
the answer sdhould be the third one