Expand the bracket to get 8x - 6 - 8= 2x + 4 Take away 2x from both sides: 6x - 6 = 4 Add 6 and 8 to both sides and you end up with 6x = 18 Now for this step you divide both sides by 6 so that the coefficient of x is 1. You end up with x = 3. Hope that this helps and have a great rest of your day.
