
Kenneth S. answered 03/29/17
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Why this problem? It's just a matter of distributing, collecting 'LIKE' terms, and solving--like hundreds of others.
5 - 6x + 8 = -31
13 - 6x = -31
13 + 31 = 6x
44 = 6x
x = 44/6 = 22/3.
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