8(x - 6) = -(x + 3) step by step

x=5

Step-by-step explanation:

Start by simplifying the parenthesis

the - in front of (x+3) is -1 so let's write that instead

Now lets start isolating x by adding 48 on both sides

Now add x on both sides to fully isolate x

Finally divide by 9 on both sides

3 is greater then both of those numbers

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!