8.B So lets look at the possibilities we wrote and see how many have a sum of 7. (1,1) (1,2) (1,3) (1,4) (1,5) (1,6) (2,1) (2,2) (2,3) (2,4) (2,5) (2,6) (3,1) (3,2) (3,3) (3,4) (3,5) (3,6) (4,1) (4,2) (4,3) (4,4) (4,5) (4,6) (5,1) (5,2) (5,3) (5,4) (5,5) (5,6) (6,1) (6,2) (6,3) (6,4) (6,5) (6,6)
So out of 36 possibilities, 6 of them have a sum of seven P(sum of 7)=6/36 simplify to 1/6
We are solving for the variable, x, so let us <u>isolate</u> all terms of x. Let us start by moving the numerical value 2 to the right side, thereby <u>isolating</u> the term 2x on the left:
2x= -18+2
2x=-16
So close! Let us divide both sides by 2 now:
x= -8
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