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4x=-36
Divide both sides by 4 in order to isolate x:
x=-9
Hope this helps you and have a nice day!
~Just a joyful teen

Benny got $3.26 back from his purchase
Jamie has earned $80 +75 +145 +250 +80 = $630 so far this week. He needs to earn an additional $875 -630 = $245 to pay his bills.
If Jamie only has one last task, he must earn $245 on that task to pay his bills this week.
So hmm notice the picture below
that's the 30-60-90 rule, notice your triangle, the bottom-left-angle is a right angle, 90°, the angle atop is 30°, so the angle on the bottom-right has to be 60°, thus is a 30-60-90 triangle, and as you can see on the triangle on the left in the picture, those are the ratios for it
so 8 will be x, what is the longer leg or side in yours then? well, is