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How do you solve $3x = - 5x + 16$ ?

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Divyansh S. · Mahek ☮ · Stefan V.

Mar 13, 2018

$x = 2$

Explanation:

$3x = (-5x) + 16$

$3x + 5x = 16$ (transposing $-5x$ )

$8x = 16$

$x = 16/8$

$x = 2$

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