Answer: 
Step-by-step explanation:
For this exercise you need to remember:
1) The mulitplication of signs:

2) By definition, like terms contain the same variables with the same exponent.
Then knowing this, and given the equations:
and 
You must subtract the like terms, which means that you must subtract the numerical coefficients of each term.
Then, you get the result is:

Answer: 2.5
Step-by-step explanation: subtract 2x from both sides and get 4x-2=8 so then add 2 on both sides to get 4x=10 and last step is to divide both sides by 4 which wild get you x=2.5
$25.12
Work:
23.99+3.60=27.59
27.59-4.51=23.08
23.08+0.95=24.03
24.03+2.17=26.20
26.20-1.08=25.12
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