What is the first step in solving this equation 8x - 6 = 10?

The first step would be to add to both sides

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So: 8x-6=10

         +6   +6

this leaves you with

    8x=16

Hope that makes sense

the central idea is that:

individuals should refuse to cooperate with institutions they believe unjust.

thoreau felt  that governments were more often agents of corruption than justice, even democracies, and that just because the majority feels a certain way does not make it just or correct in absolute terms. he uses the fact that slavery exists in our democracy to support this idea.

he goes on to say that, as a result, people should live true to their own internal laws regarding right and wrong, as a product of reflection and a moral life, rather than following every law that society imposes. 

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