2x + 8 - 3x = 3 What is x and please show your work

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2 answers:

Nitella [24]3 years ago

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So what you will need to do is subtract 2x - 3x = -x, then subtract three from both sides 8 - 3 and the answer will be -x + 5

Norma-Jean [14]3 years ago

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Hopefully this helps!

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