Begin by subtracting 1/8 from both sides to get

and get a common denominator of 8 on the right:

. Now simplify and cross-multiply: 39x = -16 andx = -16/39
The answer i got was 1/4+x. the only thing close to that is b.
hope this helps.
Add like terms
-4x+x=-3x
6-2=4
So the simplified term is 4-3x