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How do you simplify $5(x - 3) + 2(3x + 8)=0$ ?

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Jun 17, 2017

$=5x - 15 + 6x + 16 = 0$
$=5x + 6x - 15 + 16 = 0$
$=11x + 1 = 0$
$=11x = -1$
$=x = -1/11$

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