How do you solve $- 23x - 18 = 0$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-09T03:12:21

See a solution process below:

First, add $color(red)(18)$ to each side of the equation to isolate the $x$ term while keeping the equation balanced:

$-23x - 18 + color(red)(18) = 0 + color(red)(18)$

$-23x - 0 = 18$

$-23x = 18$

Now, divide each side of the equation by $color(red)(-23)$ to solve for $x$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$(-23x)/color(red)(-23) = 18/color(red)(-23)$

$(color(red)(cancel(color(black)(-23)))x)/cancel(color(red)(-23)) = -18/23$

$x = -18/23$

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