You have to keep order of operations in mind.
1. Take care of the parentheses; distribute.
-3+6x-3=-20-8x
Simplified: 6x-6=-20-8x
2. Isolate the x variable.
Add 8x to both sides and add 6 to both sides.
14x=-14
3. Solve for x.
Divide by 14 on both sides.
x=-1
Answer:
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Both A and C would be solutions to the equation.
In order to solve for this you must first get the equation equal to 0.
2x^2+5x+8=6 ----> subtract 6 from both sides
2x^2 + 5x + 2 = 0
Now knowing this we can use the coefficients of each one in descending order of power as a, b and c.
a = 2 (because it is the coefficient to x^2)
b = 5 (because it is the coefficient to x)
c = 2 (because it is the end number)
Now we can plug these values into the quadratic equation.





or -1/2 for the first answer

or -2 for the second answer
I am pretty sure a is the correct answer
Answer:
-1/4
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