First we need to use the multiplication prope-rty before combining the like terms. The importance of this is to covent all fraction's to whole numbers.
Multiply through by 16
48x+5= 12-2x-8
Next is to collect the like terms
48x+2x = -8+12-5
50x = -1
Divide both sides by 50
50x/50 = -1/50
x = -1/50
The value used to multiply both sides is 16 and the value of x is -1/50
